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Thursday, May 12, 2016

'Do I Hear a Waltz?' makes a lovely return from oblivion by Elisabeth Vincentelli

"Do I Hear a Waltz?" Imagine if Bob Dylan and Keith Richards had made an album together that bombed and sank into oblivion. That's what "Do I Hear a Waltz?" is to Broadway. The sole collabor…

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How killing 'McDreamy' shook 'Grey's Anatomy' from its slumber by Elisabeth Vincentelli

One of TV's hottest shows is a 12-year-old prime-time soap. Hospital drama "Grey's Anatomy" has often been listed as "critical" over its long run " but then creator/mastermind Shonda Rhimes …

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Sunday, May 8, 2016

'The Good Wife' keeps us guessing until the end by Elisabeth Vincentelli

Warning: This article contains spoilers from the series finale of “The Good Wife” As “The Good Wife” ended its seven-season run Sunday night, it’s hard to tell …

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Friday, May 6, 2016

'Dear Evan Hansen' is one of the season's best new musicals by Elisabeth Vincentelli

One of the best new musicals of the season isn't on Broadway, but off " the funny, touching "Dear Evan Hansen." Ben Platt (from both "Pitch Perfect" movies) gives a remarkable performance in…

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Thursday, May 5, 2016

Trump can't play the Stones, but 'Phantom of the Opera' is still fair game by Elisabeth Vincentelli

Donald Trump recently took the stage as "Start Me Up" was playing and " screeeech! “The Rolling Stones have never given permission to the Trump campaign to use their songs and have req…

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Tuesday, May 3, 2016

Gillian Anderson is one tough Blanche by Elisabeth Vincentelli

Gillian Anderson's back on a New York stage for the first time since an off-Broadway show in 1991. And not just in any role: She's playing Blanche DuBois, the doomed diva of "A Streetcar Nam…

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Monday, May 2, 2016

This actor's hairy secret to playing Arthur Conan Doyle by Elisabeth Vincentelli

When Stephen Mangan was cast as Sherlock Holmes creator Arthur Conan Doyle in the new Fox crime drama "Houdini and Doyle," he fully committed to the role. "I was shown a picture of Tom Selle…

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Friday, April 29, 2016

Audra McDonald can really do everything by Elisabeth Vincentelli

Does your washing machine need to be fixed? Do you want a five-tier wedding cake? Maybe if Audra McDonald has some free time, she can help " because after seeing her fabulous new show, "Shuf…

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Patti LuPone on juggling theater and TV " and avoiding 'scary-bad' NBC live musicals by Elisabeth Vincentelli

Musical-theater superstar Patti LuPone says shooting her guest-starring role on an episode of Showtime's horror series "Penny Dreadful" last season wasn't all fun and games. She and co-star …

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Thursday, April 28, 2016

It's becoming hard to relate to Amy Schumer by Elisabeth Vincentelli

Please Amy Schumer, don’t go over to the dark side! Things have been quiet on the Schumer front lately " at least when it comes to the new season of “Inside Amy Schumer,…

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Jessica Lange's post-'American Horror Story' comeback is epic by Elisabeth Vincentelli

"American Horror Story" resuscitated Jessica Lange's career " but her diva turns in that outlandish show have almost obscured the fine actress she is. Her magnetic performance in "Long Day's…

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Tuesday, April 26, 2016

Broadway audiences don't need to overdose on sugar by Elisabeth Vincentelli

If you like your family fare with a good heap of sweetener, welcome to "Tuck Everlasting." Were Mike Bloomberg still mayor, he might try to outlaw the show along with Big Gulps. What sucks i…

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Jesse Tyler Ferguson's foodie comedy is bland and undercooked by Elisabeth Vincentelli

Jesse Tyler Ferguson is very good at playing one type of character " frazzled, excitable, fussy. Exhibit A: the fastidious lawyer Mitchell on the sitcom “Modern Family.” The prob…

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Sunday, April 24, 2016

Women songwriters like Sara Bareilles are owning Broadway by Elisabeth Vincentelli

First came Cyndi Lauper and "Kinky Boots." Now Sara Bareilles and "Waitress" look ready to double down. Women dismissed for writing fluffy pop hits " "Love Song" in Bareilles' case " have su…

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Thursday, April 21, 2016

'American Psycho: The Musical' chooses comedy over carnage by Elisabeth Vincentelli

How do you adopt a sadistically violent book for the stage? Tone down the gore and dial up the satire. And that's how Broadway's "American Psycho: The Musical" ended up less about a serial k…

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Wednesday, April 20, 2016

Rihanna's latest video is a vacuous yawn by Elisabeth Vincentelli

Poor Rihanna, still trying to shock the masses with violence and nipples! She should be careful: At the stroke of midnight, she might just turn into Madonna, reigning empress of harmless pro…

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Monday, April 18, 2016

AMC's 'Night Manager' is a grand slam spy caper by Elisabeth Vincentelli

There are two kinds of spy movies: Loud, splashy, explosion-driven spectacles like the Bourne/Bond/"Mission: Impossible" franchises and geopolitical thrillers in which people in dark suits q…

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Thursday, April 14, 2016

Amazing Frank Langella saves another mediocre show by Elisabeth Vincentelli

If you want to see a sublime actor live and up close, skip the movie stars who swan by now and then on Broadway. Instead, catch anything with Frank Langella. Now 78, he's one of the most com…

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'Exit Strategy' tackles school closings with a big heart by Elisabeth Vincentelli

"Les Fêtes Vénitiennes" Drenched in decadent red, BAM's "Les Fêtes Vénitiennes" makes the Met Gala look like teatime at a nunnery. This baroque opera is as close as we can get to a B…

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Tuesday, April 12, 2016

'Dancing with the Stars' is suddenly watchable again by Elisabeth Vincentelli

For many seasons, "Dancing with the Stars" was the most unabashedly campy and sneakily athletic competition on TV " which usually made it more fun than "American Idol," "Top Chef" or "The Am…

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Monday, April 11, 2016

Why the 'Fear the Walking Dead' characters had never heard of zombies by Elisabeth Vincentelli

Warning: This article contains details from the Season 2 premiere of “Fear the Walking Dead” The "Walking Dead" spinoff, "Fear the Walking Dead," has put down some intriguing car…

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Saturday, April 9, 2016

'Fear the Walking Dead' actor confesses: 'I've never been a zombiephile' by Elisabeth Vincentelli

A couple of years ago, Colman Domingo faced a conundrum most actors can only dream of: He had to choose between two prestige TV series. In one corner, director Baz Luhrmann ("The Great Gatsb…

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Friday, April 8, 2016

David Tennant is a brilliant 'Richard II' off-Broadway by Elisabeth Vincentelli

After three seasons of "Doctor Who," David Tennant has a nerdtastic following in the US " two rounds on "Broadchurch" also rallied fans of country-cottage procedurals. No wonder the British …

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Broadway's biggest stars don't have any lines by Elisabeth Vincentelli

Everybody’s heard of kitchen-sink dramas, but couch-plays are where it's at these days. We asked the set designers of four shows what they were after in finding their sofas " in short,…

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Six fun facts you didn't know about 'Hamilton' by Elisabeth Vincentelli

In case you haven't heard enough about a certain musical already, Lin-Manuel Miranda and Jeremy McCarter's new companion book, "Hamilton: The Revolution" (Grand Central Publishing, out Tuesd…

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Andrew Dice Clay on shooting 'Vinyl': 'I was stoned out every day' by Elisabeth Vincentelli

Too bad he was killed off so quickly, because Andrew Dice Clay stormed through the premiere episode of HBO's "Vinyl," giving a memorable performance as coked-up radio honcho Frank "Buck" Rog…

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Thursday, April 7, 2016

TV shows can't stop killing off their lesbian characters by Elisabeth Vincentelli

I see dead lesbians! And it's not that hard because it's been a real massacre on TV lately. Wednesday night on "Empire," Camilla (Naomi Campbell) dispatched her wife, Mimi (Marisa Tomei), th…

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Tuesday, April 5, 2016

This 71-year-old actress defied the odds after a brain hemorrhage by Elisabeth Vincentelli

Performing Shakespeare would be a feat for any 71-year-old. For Jane Lapotaire, it's a miracle. In 2000, while teaching in Paris, the English actress collapsed onstage in front of her studen…

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Monday, April 4, 2016

Jeffrey Dean Morgan on why 'Walking Dead' fans should root for Negan by Elisabeth Vincentelli

Sunday night on "The Walking Dead," a newcomer named Negan bashed someone to death with a barbed-wire baseball bat. Yet actor Jeffrey Dean Morgan doesn't necessarily think of his characte…

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Friday, April 1, 2016

'7 Years' rising star Lukas Graham comes from a commune by Elisabeth Vincentelli

At first Lukas Graham's hit ballad "7 Years" " No. 2 on Billboard's Hot 100 " sounds a little sappy. Next thing you know, you've listened to it 375 times in a row. Maybe you've even t…

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The original Broadway history lesson is as stirring as 'Hamilton' by Elisabeth Vincentelli

When "Hamilton" surfaced, it was called the multi-culti version of "1776." But it'd be sad if that 1969 hit about the signing of the Declaration of Independence was remembered only as the sq…

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