Playing catch-up with some of the best (and most disappointing) releases from the past month, so strap in.
George Harrison Living in the Material World ($24.98...
(1) Comments | Posted May 29, 2012 | 1:00 PM
The Yard by Alex Grecian
Putnam; May 29, 2012
Jack The Ripper has disappeared into the mist of Victorian London. But Scotland Yard -- shamed and embarrassed over its failure to catch the taunting madman -- must carry on. In this...
(9) Comments | Posted May 24, 2012 | 11:58 AM
Science fiction at its best can accomplish one of two things. Either an author is adept at extrapolating current scientific thought and expands our ideas...
(10) Comments | Posted May 17, 2012 | 11:06 PM
COCK ** 1/2 out of ****
THE DUKE ON 42ND STREET
Do you want to see Cock? Did you like Cock? Is Cock worth paying for? If nothing else, the new play by Mike Bartlett (the acclaimed Earthquakes in London) provides some juvenile fun for...
(8) Comments | Posted May 15, 2012 | 2:51 PM
BRING UP THE BODIES BY HILARY MANTEL *** 1/2 out of ****
IN ONE PERSON BY JOHN IRVING ** out of ****
BRING UP THE BODIES BY HILARY MANTEL *** 1/2 out of ****
$28; 410 pages
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(2) Comments | Posted May 14, 2012 | 1:54 PM
A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM ** 1/2 out of ****
CLASSIC STAGE COMPANY
The Classic Stage Company's production of Shakespeare's bauble A Midsummer Night's Dream has an eye-catching set and an eye-catching cast in various stages of undress. If you've ever wanted to see an Abercrombie...
(3) Comments | Posted May 11, 2012 | 4:56 PM
GHOST THE MUSICAL * 1/2 out of ****
LEAP OF FAITH ** out of ****
THE LYONS ** 1/2 out of ****
Three new shows on Broadway that have one thing in common: none of them are wholly satisfying, but they are...
(2) Comments | Posted April 24, 2012 | 11:20 PM
NICE WORK IF YOU CAN GET IT ** out of ****
IMPERIAL THEATRE
Everyone knows that the hardest part of creating a new musical is writing good songs. A good tune will let audiences forgive a host of ills in the book and sets and...
(0) Comments | Posted April 23, 2012 | 2:31 PM
A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE ** out of ****
ONE MAN, TWO GUVNORS *** out of ****
A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE ** out of ****
BROADHURST THEATRE
This is not A Streetcar Named Desire simply cast with black actors in...
(1) Comments | Posted April 20, 2012 | 2:00 PM
Clybourne Park *** 1/2 out of ****
Walter Kerr Theatre
The Pulitzer Prize-winning drama Clybourne Park has just moved to Broadway and its new neighbors are not happy about it. Can you blame them? Surely, Venus In Furs, One Man, Two Guvnors, and...
(2) Comments | Posted April 19, 2012 | 3:17 PM
PETER AND THE STARCATCHER *** 1/2 out of **** NINTH AND JOANIE * out of ****
Location! Location! Location! It's not just true about real estate. Location also matters greatly when it comes to theater. Almost every show in the world will be more enjoyable in as small...
(19) Comments | Posted April 18, 2012 | 2:20 PM
War Horse ($45.99 BluRay combo; Touchstone/DreamWorks)
The Iron Lady ($39.99 BluRay combo; Weinstein)
We Bought a Zoo ($39.99 BluRay combo; Fox) -- It's been a decade...
(0) Comments | Posted April 12, 2012 | 3:38 AM
MAGIC/BIRD * out of ****
LONGACRE THEATRE
Surprisingly, Magic/Bird is the second basketball-themed show to hit Broadway recently. In many ways, it's even less likely than the high school musical comedy Lysistrata Jones. It's an odd duck, no doubt about it. But the...
(11) Comments | Posted April 11, 2012 | 2:42 PM
EVITA * 1/2 out of ****
MARQUIS THEATRE
Broadway fans can go see Jesus Christ Superstar and Evita back to back and appreciate anew how the team of Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice were growing by leaps and bounds even as their collaboration was...
(0) Comments | Posted April 10, 2012 | 3:33 PM
Certain movies simply must be seen on the big screen. When people say that, they're usually referring to a spectacle, a widescreen epic like Lawrence of Arabia or 2001: A Space Odyssey.. That's certainly the case with The Right Stuff, a terrific 1983 look at the U.S. space race and...
(0) Comments | Posted April 5, 2012 | 1:39 PM
END OF THE RAINBOW * out of ****
BELASCO THEATRE
This look at the legendary Judy Garland during her final comeback tour in London is made with all the affection and love in the world. That doesn't prevent it from being the worst sort of...
(0) Comments | Posted April 4, 2012 | 1:10 PM
NEWSIES ** 1/2 out of ****
NEDERLANDER THEATRE
The Disney musical Newsies has moved from the Papermill Playhouse in New Jersey to Broadway with style. In every way, the show has been focused and improved both in the staging, the dancing, the songs...
(3) Comments | Posted April 2, 2012 | 4:22 PM
GORE VIDAL'S THE BEST MAN ** 1/2 out of ****
NOW. HERE. THIS. * 1/2 out of ****
GORE VIDAL'S THE BEST MAN ** 1/2 out of ****
GERALD SCHOENFELD THEATRE
The Best Man is set primarily in hotel...
(9) Comments | Posted March 30, 2012 | 3:29 PM
The Adventures of Tintin ($44.99 BluRay combo; Paramount) -- I'll be forever confused by the fact that two of the savviest, smartest directors in Hollywood oversaw the Tintin feature film -- a life-long dream of so many fans of the Herge stories - and...
(2) Comments | Posted March 29, 2012 | 5:22 PM
TINKER TAILOR SOLDIER SPY ($34.99 BluRay combo; Universal) -- it's not as if this sober, subtle spy film was ignored -- it was one of the most acclaimed films of the year and received three Oscar nominations. But I think the stock...
(0) Comments | Posted June 1, 2012 | 3:20 PM