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Talkin' 'Bout a Miracle and Rita Lyons

Cara Joy David | Posted 05.23.2012

Read More: The Lyons, Broadway, Theater, Ghost, NY Theater, Newsies, Linda Lavin, Musical Theater, Leap of Faith, Judaism, Entertainment News
Cara Joy David

She laughed at a few remarks, but others that led to an uproarious response in most people, caused my mother to roll her eyes in disgust. You see, at the root of it, she was shocked by the somewhat nasty Rita Lyons and she didn't want her to be Jewish. She felt it was somehow an affront.

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In Support of Jennifer Laura Thompson

Cara Joy David | Posted 04.30.2012

Read More: Theater, NY Theater, Broadway, Jennifer Laura Thompson, Nice Work if You Can Get It, Entertainment News
Cara Joy David

Thompson has just the right mix of vocal prowess and slapstick ability. Nice Work If You Can Get It is far from the best thing she's ever done but her genius is apparent in her featured role, like a combination of Christine Ebersole and Madeline Kahn.

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Theater: There's Nothing at the End of the Rainbow for Judy

Michael Giltz | Posted 04.05.2012

Read More: Broadway, Broadway Musicals, Theater, Musicals, Judy Garland, Video, End of the Rainbow Review, NY Theater, End of the Rainbow Musical, Theater NY, NY Around Town, End of the Rainbow, Entertainment News
Michael Giltz

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 bio-musical.

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Theater: Best Man Squeaks Out Win; Now. Here. This. Scattered

Michael Giltz | Posted 04.02.2012

Read More: Video, NY Theater, Broadway Shows, The Best Man Gore Vidal, The Best Man, Broadway, Theater NY, Man, Theater, here.this.now, Gore Vidal the Best, Entertainment News
Michael Giltz

The Best Man Director Michael Wilson delivers a smooth evening of entertainment, though one that doesn't linger in the mind.

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Theater: Jesus Christ Superstar Not Divine, Regrets Has a Few

Michael Giltz | Posted 05.28.2012

Read More: Alexis Bledel, Broadway, Theater, Musicals, Andrew Lloyd Webber, NY Theater, Regrets Play, Regrets, Regrets Play Review, Musical Theater, Jesus Christ Superstar, Regrets Review, NY Around Town, Jesus Christ Superstar Review, Video, Culture News
Michael Giltz

When Jesus has died for your sins and the bright lights break out and the orchestra plays the triumphant "da-da-dum" of the title song and the actor playing Jesus strides in blazing white to the front of the stage, you can't help but feel it would be churlish not to rise to your feet, whatever you thought of the show.

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Casting A Moon for the Misbegotten at Pearl Theatre and Miscasting to Benefit the MCC Theater

Regina Weinreich | Posted 05.28.2012

Read More: The Pearl Theatre, A Moon for the Misbegotten, Eugene O?Neill, MCC Theater's Annual Miscast Gala, Lewis Black, Theater NY, NY Theater, NY Around Town, Miscast Gala, Culture News
Regina Weinreich

Under J. R. Sullivan's expert direction, A Moon for the Misbegotten offers a beautifully wrought glimpse of O'Neill's characters' inner worlds.

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Theater: Ethan Lipton's Show for the 100 Percent; Broadway by the Year

Michael Giltz | Posted 05.26.2012

Read More: Theater, NY Theater, Broadway by the Year, No Place to Go, NY Around Town, Video, Entertainment News
Michael Giltz

Ethan Lipton is a talented performer and singer with a retro sensibility and a mordantly modern attitude. After seeing his new show/performance at Joe's Pub, I think of him as in the tradition of Van Dyke Parks and I'm a fan.

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'Lost in Yonkers': A Family Affair

Danny Groner | Posted 05.26.2012

Read More: Theater, Neil Simon, Play, Lost in Yonkers, Matthew Gumley, Russell Posner, NY Around Town, NY Theater, Finnerty Steeves, Cynthia Harris, New York News
Danny Groner

The play showcases more than just one family's hardships in getting along and getting by; it also grapples with the conflicts that erupt when members of different generations are forced into close quarters.

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Who Speaks For Ireland? Rebel Voices Have Their Say

John Lee | Posted 05.16.2012

Read More: Irish Republican Army, St. Patrick's Day, Belfast, Larry Kirwan, Irish Theater, The Troubles, Dublin, New York City, NY Around Town, NY Theater, New York News
John Lee

At The Cell Theater, there'll be none of the season's shamrock and leprechaun sentimentality, so brace yourself for a riveting duet of dramas on rebellious Ireland.

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Theater: F. Murray Abraham, Early O'Neill and a Victorian Adventuress

Michael Giltz | Posted 04.29.2012

Read More: Off Broadway, Song From the Uproar, Early Plays, Galileo, NY Theater, New York Around Town, New York Theater, Culture News
Michael Giltz

The winter theater season in New York has a certain rhythm. A few shows open on Broadway and then there's a lull until the crush of big names in March, April and May. Here are three shows, all of them aiming high though not succeeding for one reason or another.

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Stage Door: Tokio Confidential

Fern Siegel | Posted 04.16.2012

Read More: Musical, Off-Broadway, Entertainment, Tokio Confidential, NY Around Town, Theater, NY Theater, Japan, Atlantic Theater, Arts News
Fern Siegel

The exotic can be seductive. Especially when you blend artistry with sex. That's the premise behind the flawed, but hypnotic, musical Tokio Confidential.

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On the Culture Front: Jeff Mangum Returns to New York, Valentine's Day Cocktails at Michael's, Wit, and Russian Transport

Chris Kompanek | Posted 04.07.2012

Read More: Cynthia Nixon, Russian Transport, Cocktails, Jeff Mangum, Valentine's Day, Brooklyn Academy of Music, Janeane Garofalo, Wit, Margaret Edson, Bam, Erica Sheffer, Michael's, Santa Teresa 1796, NY Theater, Neutral Milk Hotel, NY Around Town, New York News
Chris Kompanek

Cynthia Nixon is giving a stunning and disarmingly funny performance in Lynne Meadow's revival of Margaret Edson's moving play, Wit.

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A Dark Past Comes to Light in Abingdon Theatre World Premiere

Tracy Shaffer | Posted 03.31.2012

Read More: NY Around Town, New York Around Town, Abingdon Theatre, NY Theater, Lost on the Natchez Trace, Lost on the Natchez Trace Play, Abigdon Theatre World Premiere, Jan Buttram, New York News
Tracy Shaffer

With the global uproar, the political circus, and our ever-shrinking humanity, there's not a day goes by when I don't ask "How do they live with themselves?" Jan Buttram brings the same question to the stage in Lost on the Natchez Trace.

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A New Vision for Queens Theatre

Vera Haller | Posted 02.13.2012

Read More: Queens New York, New York Theater Scene, NY Theater, Theaters New York, Queens Theatre, Queens Theatre New York, New York Theater, New York News
Vera Haller

Ray Cullom, who came to Queens from the Long Wharf Theatre in New Haven, Conn., wants to change the Queens Theatre from a venue that mainly books touring performing arts shows into a staging ground for new productions.

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The Mountaintop: Big Stars Can't Do It All

Danny Groner | Posted 01.02.2012

Read More: Angela Bassett, Samuel L. Jackson, Martin Luther King, Play, Broadway, Martin Luther King Jr., The Mountaintop, Civil Rights, Broadway Review, NY Around Town, NY Theater, Theater Review, New York News
Danny Groner

The Mountaintop does not aim to call Martin Luther King's life and legacy into question; rather, it hopes to make him a more relatable character -- he smokes, curses, and, yes, even goes to the bathroom.

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Theater: Cymbeline Satisfies at Barrow Street

Michael Giltz | Posted 11.10.2011

Read More: Theater, Shakespeare, Theater NY, New York Around Town, Shakespeare NY, NY Shakespeare, NY Theater, New York Theater, Entertainment News
Michael Giltz

This clever, crowd-pleasing production of one of Shakespeare's shakiest plays ran for two sold-out weeks in January. Now in a rare and worthy gamble, the Theatre For A New Audience revival is getting a limited run Off Broadway at the Barrow Street Theatre. No excuses for missing it this time.

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Q&A With Jessica Sherr, Star of
Bette Davis Ain't For Sissies

Joshua Kors | Posted 11.08.2011

Read More: NYC Fringe Festival, Hal Holbrook, Academy Awards, Theater, Bette Davis, Broadway, Fruit by the Foot, The Redheads, Dark Victory, Jessica Sherr, Always Actor, 1940s, Gone With the Wind, New York Fringe Festival, Los Angeles Times, Oscars, Vivien Leigh, NY Theater, NY Around Town, New York News
Joshua Kors

Jessica Sherr has been playing the raven-haired 1940s cinema icon Bette Davis for two years. Sherr sat down with me to discuss how an off-hand comment about her bright green eyes sparked a burgeoning career.

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Voca People: Music from a Foreign Land

Danny Groner | Posted 11.07.2011

Read More: Off-Broadway, A Capella, Voca People, Music, Comedy, Reviews, A Capella Show, NY Around Town, NY Theater, Theater Review, New York News
Danny Groner

From the bit I'd read about the unique a capella show Voca People, I hoped that it would be a night to remember. Yet, while the music and mischief of the show was entertaining, it fell short of being an a capella sensation.

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For Shakespeare Company, All New York's a Stage

Vera Haller | Posted 10.04.2011

Read More: NY Around Town, Park Avenue Armory, NY Theater, Royal Shakespeare Company, Shakespeare, As You Like It, New York News
Vera Haller

This summer is truly the season of the Brits in New York City. The fine actors of Britannia are ruling the city's summer theatrical scene.

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The Two Statement Plays

Cara Joy David | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Theater, NY Theater, After the Revolution, Lisa Kron, Off-Broadway, In the Wake, Entertainment News
Cara Joy David

In the Wake and After the Revolution focus on making some kind of political statement instead of character development. It's a worthy message. It's just the method of communicating it that leaves me slightly cold.

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