Two shows tied for the Tony for Best Musical in 1960. The one that City Center's beloved Encores! series is reviving this week is definitely not "The Sound of Music." Instead, we're getting …
SOURCE: The New York Post Subscription at 11:33PM[SHARE]The new off-Broadway piece "All the Rage" starts off with a diffident man in a pale-blue button-down shirt giving out a few words of welcome. He concludes his brief speech with a meek reques…
SOURCE: The New York Post Subscription at 12:06AM[SHARE]America mostly knows Wallace Shawn as the cranky Vizzini from "The Princess Bride," but for many New Yorkers he remains half of the cult movie "My Dinner with André" and a provocative playw…
SOURCE: The New York Post Subscription at 12:03AM[SHARE]From "Little Shop of Horrors" to "Carrie" and "Re-Animator," horror musicals aren't exactly new. But it's safe to say none tops "The House of Von Macramé" in the hemoglobin department. Thi…
SOURCE: The New York Post Subscription at 11:01PM[SHARE]Some shows leave you scratching your head, wondering when they went wrong. At least "Collision" makes it easy: It goes south in the first minute. And it's all downhill from there " a better …
SOURCE: The New York Post Subscription at 11:24PM[SHARE]Sunday's performance of "Life and Times: Episodes 1-4" started at 2 in the afternoon and petered out shortly before midnight. If only its events were as epic! There are no Norse gods and pow…
SOURCE: The New York Post Subscription at 12:29AM[SHARE]Crystal looks sharp in her black business suit and red pumps. Appearances are doubly important for her: She's a car saleswoman and she's dead broke. Projecting confidence means a lot. In fac…
SOURCE: The New York Post Subscription at 12:22AM[SHARE]By the time you take your seat, the cast of "Not by Bread Alone" is already onstage, kneading dough and splitting it into loaves at long tables. So begins a process " and a show " that ends …
SOURCE: The New York Post Subscription at 12:05AM[SHARE]Maggie is young and attractive, and she just wants to have sex with her hot husband " is that too much to ask? You can hardly blame her for being on edge: The man would rather spend his time…
SOURCE: The New York Post Subscription at 11:58PM[SHARE]The new off-Broadway show "Midsummer (A Play With Songs)" proves that you can still get a lot of great mileage out of boy-meets-girl. Hollywood has cranked out so many awful romantic comedie…
SOURCE: The New York Post Subscription at 12:33AM[SHARE]Just like "Amour" " Michael Haneke's austere movie about aging and death " could never have been made in America, "Opus No. 7" had to be imported from overseas. It's not just the subject mat…
SOURCE: The New York Post Subscription at 11:02PM[SHARE]In William Inge's bittersweet 1953 hit "Picnic," a hunky charmer appears out of nowhere to unsettle the women of a small Kansas town " especially the local beauty, aimless and bored with her…
SOURCE: The New York Post Subscription at 10:47PM[SHARE]'The Other Place" is billed as "a riveting new thriller." That's putting it loosely. The play is less riveting than it is reasonably engaging. It's not entirely new, either, having premiere…
SOURCE: The New York Post Subscription at 11:50PM[SHARE]When the curtain drops on "Water by the Spoonful," the first thing that comes to mind is: This fine but innocuous show won last year's Pulitzer Prize? Over "Other Desert Cities" and "Sons of…
SOURCE: The New York Post Subscription at 12:23AM[SHARE]This isn't your daddy's Chekhov. Popping up twice this month alone, the melancholy Russian continues his run as New York's most popular dead playwright. But don't expect anything traditional…
SOURCE: The New York Post Subscription at 11:12PM[SHARE]Patti Page, the subject of the new jukebox musical "Flipside," was one of the most popular acts of the 1940s and '50s. Over a 65-year career, the canary " now 85 and still singing " sold mor…
SOURCE: The New York Post Subscription at 12:59AM[SHARE]Maybe it's because we live in a world where everybody's connected, but this year has seen an explosion of "immersive" shows that blur the line between audience and performers. In some, you w…
SOURCE: The New York Post Subscription at 12:00AM[SHARE]Being showbiz pros, Marc Kudisch and Jeffry Denman know full well the secret to a good comedy team is opposing personalities. You suspect they exaggerate their differences for their goofy ne…
SOURCE: The New York Post Subscription at 11:49PM[SHARE]In most crime novels, you try to figure out who did the deed. In Amy Herzog's new drama, "The Great God Pan," the big question is whether the deed even happened. The play opens with the awk…
SOURCE: The New York Post Subscription at 11:12PM[SHARE]We're lucky that this year brought several excellent options for family entertainment: "A Christmas Story, The Musical," "The Radio City Christmas Spectacular" and "Elf " The Musical" spring…
SOURCE: The New York Post Subscription at 10:45PM[SHARE]Peter Jackson spent gazillions of dollars to tell the story of "The Hobbit." For the new off-Broadway epic "P.S. Jones and the Frozen City," playwright Robert Askins and director José Zayas…
SOURCE: The New York Post Subscription at 11:53PM[SHARE]Jackie Hoffman should know better than mixing things that shouldn't be mixed. In this case, it's not dairy and meat but pills, which her stage alter ego washes down with a splash of Manisch…
SOURCE: The New York Post Subscription at 11:53PM[SHARE]Don't go to "What Rhymes With America" expecting a traditional plot, or even a satisfying explanation for the title. Melissa James Gibson's quirky play meanders gently from cryptic scene to …
SOURCE: The New York Post Subscription at 10:47PM[SHARE]'working" is best described by the subtitle of the book it's based on, Studs Terkel's 1974 oral history: "People Talk About What They Do All Day and How They Feel About What They Do." In the…
SOURCE: The New York Post Subscription at 10:46PM[SHARE]It's nice to see the folks behind the new Broadway revival of "Glengarry Glen Ross" get on the immersive-theater bandwagon. A premium seat is $377, while a cup of soda will set you back $10:…
SOURCE: The New York Post Subscription at 11:42PM[SHARE]When the title character in "Volpone, or the Fox" wakes up, his first impulse is to fondle his beloved gold and praise its glories: "Thou being the best of things, and far transcending/All …
SOURCE: The New York Post Subscription at 11:42PM[SHARE]Here's one way you know "Golden Boy" is set in the past: Its hero is torn between idealistic music-making and a lucrative sports career. But instead of micro-managing him to a Nike endorseme…
SOURCE: The New York Post Subscription at 10:09PM[SHARE]Every December, seasonal shows take over our local stages, and resistance is futile. But which one is right for you " and your finicky friends and relatives? Help has arrived! Let this selec…
SOURCE: The New York Post Subscription at 10:32PM[SHARE]Some Christmas tales are so straightforward and intimate, you can tell them around a fireplace with a cup of cocoa."A Civil War Christmas" isn't one of those stories. Set in December 1864, P…
SOURCE: The New York Post Subscription at 12:33AM[SHARE]Opera has been very good to Terrence McNally. He scored one of his biggest hits with "Master Class," inspired by Maria Callas' infamous voice lessons. "Golden Age," which opened last night, …
SOURCE: The New York Post Subscription at 10:57PM[SHARE]Broadway prefers comfort food: a familiar classic here, a new comedy there, maybe a hot-button-issue drama to look relevant. So David Mamet's "The Anarchist" stands out as a new play of idea…
SOURCE: The New York Post Subscription at 11:45PM[SHARE]
