The new dramedy "Cradle and All" re lies on a promising narrative gambit: The first act takes place in the Brooklyn apartment of the stylish, childless Claire and Luke; the second act puts u…
SOURCE: The New York Post Subscription at 11:17PM[SHARE]There you are, settling in for a quiet meal out, and the guy at the next table just won't stop yakking. He seems nice enough, but boy, does he love hearing himself talk. Sitting through J…
SOURCE: The New York Post Subscription at 11:37PM[SHARE]With 20 different songs (and a few reprises), the kitschy new country musical "Lucky Guy" is overlong and overstuffed. No wonder: It was written and directed by the man, Willard Beckham, …
SOURCE: The New York Post Subscription at 12:01AM[SHARE]Ever wondered what a pothead version of Gar rison Keillor's "A Prairie Home Companion" would be like? Wonder no more: "Radio Play" is here. The show is the brainchild of Tommy Smith and R…
SOURCE: The New York Post Subscription at 11:15PM[SHARE]It was bound to happen. In shows like "The Pied Pipers of the Lower East Side" and "Happy in the Poorhouse," the Amoralists delivered a high-octane, cartoonishly manic twist on 1970s Hollywo…
SOURCE: The New York Post Subscription at 11:02PM[SHARE]In 2009, Lynn Nottage had an unlikely hit with the Pulitzer Prize-win ning "Ruined" -- a gut-wrenching drama about sex crimes in war-torn Congo. For the follow-up, the playwright has made…
SOURCE: The New York Post Subscription at 11:36PM[SHARE]A marriage's happy balance is upset by the arrival of an in terloper. It's a fairly banal scenario, but in his play "Candida," George Bernard Shaw spiced it up by layering in a strong politi…
SOURCE: The New York Post Subscription at 10:50PM[SHARE]Did we really need this "King Lear"? That depends. If you love the play, you may want to catch this production from London's Donmar Warehouse just to see what Derek Jacobi -- of "I, Claud…
SOURCE: The New York Post Subscription at 11:07PM[SHARE]Watching Tony Kushner's new drama is like being in a washing machine: soak, agitate, spin. And repeat: "The Intelligent Homosexual's Guide to Capitalism and Socialism with a Key to the Scrip…
SOURCE: The New York Post Subscription at 10:47PM[SHARE]Melody isn't ready to handle life. How could she possibly handle death? That's the question at the heart of "Be a Good Little Widow," Bekah Brunstetter's lovely new play at Ars Nova. A…
SOURCE: The New York Post Subscription at 10:30PM[SHARE]It's been a long, action- packed theater season, but make time for "The School for Lies." A delectable offer ing from David Ives, this is a bright, refreshing sorbet of a show, brought to ir…
SOURCE: The New York Post Subscription at 12:16AM[SHARE]'Goodbye and good luck to you all," a woman said as she fled Studio 54 at intermission like a bat out of musical-theater hell. It wasn't clear whether she wished that to the audience memb…
SOURCE: The New York Post Subscription at 10:52PM[SHARE]When Larry Kramer's "The Normal Heart" premiered off-Broadway in 1985, it had a "right here, right now" impact. Set in 1981-84 New York, it imparted a powerful, radical immediacy to almost-c…
SOURCE: The New York Post Subscription at 11:12PM[SHARE]Every night's a baby boomer's delight at the Broadhurst, where the new jukebox musical "Baby It's You!" rolls out one golden oldie after another. And this happy-clappy show has a large inven…
SOURCE: The New York Post Subscription at 11:11PM[SHARE]'The House of Blue Leaves" is a roughly stitched patchwork of styles and ideas. The first full-length effort by John Guare ("Six Degrees of Separation"), the 1966 play mixes tones -- dark, c…
SOURCE: The New York Post Subscription at 12:34AM[SHARE]It takes a lot of smarts to act dumb -- and make it funny without condescending to the character or the material. Playing the tricky role of Billie Dawn in the new Broadway revival of "Bo…
SOURCE: The New York Post Subscription at 12:06AM[SHARE]The nominal lead in the misguided new drama "Picked" is a 20-something actor, Kevin (Michael Stahl-David), who gets chewed up and spit out by the Hollywood machine. But the only semi-interes…
SOURCE: The New York Post Subscription at 11:03PM[SHARE]Big, glitzy numbers are the toast of Broadway musicals. The only thing better? Big, glitzy numbers . . . with nuns! "Sister Act" has plenty of both " and it's one of the season's happiest su…
SOURCE: The New York Post Subscription at 11:00PM[SHARE]To be remotely bear able, the ham-fisted melodrama "High" requires a larger-than-life icon who can sink her teeth into its ripe dialogue, then chomp. Thankfully, it has Kathleen Turner. …
SOURCE: The New York Post Subscription at 12:53AM[SHARE]There's a lot of talk about time in "Wonderland." There's also so much laborious exposition and overexplaining, you'd think this flat new Broadway musical was inspired not by Lewis Carroll, …
SOURCE: The New York Post Subscription at 11:00PM[SHARE]A magnificent, exhila rating feat is taking place at Lincoln Center. Over the course of nearly three hours, the London import "War Horse" takes us to a farm in Devon, England, then to the ki…
SOURCE: The New York Post Subscription at 11:16PM[SHARE]The thrilling, mind- bending new show "Sleep No More" is loosely based on "Macbeth" -- but it's unlike any "Macbeth" you've ever seen. Or, for that matter, any play you've ever seen. T…
SOURCE: The New York Post Subscription at 11:12PM[SHARE]David Greenspan cuts an idiosyncratic figure in theater. As an actor, he has zero range: Whether he's in Adam Rapp's "The Metal Children" or Sarah Ruhl's adaptation of "Orlando," he offers h…
SOURCE: The New York Post Subscription at 12:29AM[SHARE]In his Broadway debut, Chris Rock plays Ralph D., the AA sponsor of Bobby Cannavale's Jackie. They share some heavy scenes -- red-blooded, profanity-laden bouts -- but Rock is a lightweight:…
SOURCE: The New York Post Subscription at 12:39AM[SHARE]It reunites most of the creative team from "Hairspray," boasts energetic '60s music and a fantastic performance by Norbert Leo Butz. It even has leggy chorus girls in small skirts and big ha…
SOURCE: The New York Post Subscription at 11:05PM[SHARE]The big question at Avery Fisher Hall Thursday night wasn't how the New York Philharmonic sounded per forming Stephen Sondheim's "Company." It was: Can Stephen Colbert sing? For this s…
SOURCE: The New York Post Subscription at 10:07PM[SHARE]How pared down is Declan Donnellan's "Macbeth"? The Witches don't huddle around a cauldron, because there isn't one. In fact, there are no props and no Witches -- the "weird sisters" are red…
SOURCE: The New York Post Subscription at 12:17AM[SHARE]In the first few minutes of the New Group's "Marie and Bruce," the title couple take their place among some of history's most codependent antagonists: George and Martha in "Who's Afraid of V…
SOURCE: The New York Post Subscription at 11:45PM[SHARE]Over the past few years, shows like "The Pied Pipers of the Lower East Side" and "Happy in the Poorhouse" have heralded the Amoralists as one of the most vibrant troupes in New York. Whet…
SOURCE: The New York Post Subscription at 10:50PM[SHARE]There are shock comedians and then there's Mike Birbiglia, who's more of an "awww" guy. In his first off- Broadway outing, 2008's "Sleepwalk With Me," the stand-up won over audiences with hi…
SOURCE: The New York Post Subscription at 11:03PM[SHARE]Robin Williams is in a tricky situation. If he launches into his familiar, manic style, he's accused of being predictable. If he soft-pedals and goes introspective, then he's underusing his …
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