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Thursday, September 11, 2014

'This is Our Youth': Theater Review by Frank Scheck

Michael Cera, Kieran Culkin and Tavi Gevinson star in this first Broadway production of Kenneth Lonergan's 1996 playread more

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Sunday, August 17, 2014

'Poor Behavior': Theater Review by Frank Scheck

Theresa Rebeck's comedy concerns two married couples spending a less than idyllic weekend togetherread more

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Sunday, August 10, 2014

'The Maids': Theater Review by Frank Scheck

Cate Blanchett, Isabelle Huppert and Elizabeth Debicki ("The Great Gatsby") star in this Sydney Theatre Company production of Jean Genet's absurdist classic. read more

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Thursday, August 7, 2014

'Phoenix': Theater Review by Frank Scheck

Julia Stiles and James Wirt co-star in this Off-Broadway romantic comedy.read more

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Tuesday, August 5, 2014

'King Lear': Theater Review by Frank Scheck

John Lithgow plays the mad monarch in this free Central Park production of Shakespeare's classic tragedy, which also features Annette Bening.read more

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Wednesday, July 30, 2014

'Sex with Strangers': Theater Review by Frank Scheck

Anna Gunn ("Breaking Bad") and Billy Magnussen ("Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike") co-star in Laura Eason's comedy/drama about the romantic and professional collaboration between a serio…

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Tuesday, July 22, 2014

'Heart' misses a dramatic beat by Frank Scheck

The newest jukebox musical celebrates the life and work of " Bert Berns? Yes. The loving "Piece of My Heart: The Bert Berns Story" tells the tale of the little-known...

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Monday, July 14, 2014

'Enter at Forest Lawn': Theater Review by Frank Scheck

TV sitcom veteran Mark Roberts' ("Two and a Half Men," "Mike and Molly") new play takes a darkly satirical swipe at network television.read more

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Sunday, July 13, 2014

James Franco sees limit to his talents with 'The Long Shrift' by Frank Scheck

Somehow, between doing eight shows a week of "Of Mice and Men," teaching, making movies and flirting on Instagram, James Franco's found time to make his stage directorial debut. Judging...

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Off-Broadway Manhattan Project an 'Atomic' bomb by Frank Scheck

The creation of the atomic bomb was one of the most momentous events in world history. The most lethal weapon ever devised by man, it ended World War II when...

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Thursday, July 10, 2014

Clinton musical brings sax appeal to music-theater fest by Frank Scheck

Hillary may be the one running for president, but it's Bill people want to see " at least, that's what the creators of "Clinton" are counting on. The musical satire...

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Tuesday, July 8, 2014

Ancient ghost tales come to life in 'Kaidan Chibusa No Enoki' by Frank Scheck

How do you tell good Kabuki from bad Kabuki? Chances are, you know it when you see it, and New Yorkers have been seeing more of the Japanese art "...

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Wednesday, July 2, 2014

'Randy Newman's Faust: The Concert': Theater Review by Frank Scheck

Composer Randy Newman played the Devil in this one-night concert staging of his musical version of the "Faust" legend. read more

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Monday, June 16, 2014

'The Who & the What': Theater Review by Frank Scheck

Ayad Akhtar's follow-up to his Broadway-bound, Pulitzer Prize-winning "Disgraced" again deals with culture clashes involving Muslim Americans.read more

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Thursday, June 5, 2014

Review: Macbeth by Frank Scheck

Kenneth Branagh in Macbeth (©Stephanie Berger) It’s doubtful you’ll ever see as compelling and visceral a interpretation of Macbeth as the one being performed for much too…

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Wednesday, June 4, 2014

'Arrivals & Departures' never quite takes off by Frank Scheck

WITH 78 plays to his credit, Alan Ayckbourn's been compared to Neil Simon and Anton Chekhov. But while he's given us such brilliant comedies as "The Norman Conquests," his new...

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Sunday, June 1, 2014

'The Killer': Theater Review by Frank Scheck

Michael Shannon plays a man attempting to track down a serial killer in Eugene Ionesco's rarely seen dark comedy.read more

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Saturday, May 24, 2014

Why the Village People's cowboy is returning to Broadway by Frank Scheck

Thanks to such novels as "Atlas Shrugged" and "The Fountainhead," author Ayn Rand is a hero to libertarians, conservatives and Tea Partiers. So who better to star in "The Anthem"...

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Thursday, May 22, 2014

'American Hero': Theater Review by Frank Scheck

Thee sub shop employees are left to fend for themselves in Bess Wohl's dark comedy.read more

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Sunday, May 18, 2014

We can't get enough of dazzling Linda Lavin in 'Too Much Sun' by Frank Scheck

No wonder Linda Lavin reunited with Nicky Silver " her hilariously acidic performance in their last collaboration, "The Lyons," won her a Tony nomination. Silver's latest, "Too Much Sun," le…

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Wednesday, May 14, 2014

'A Loss of Roses' is a classic worth revisiting by Frank Scheck

"I can't bear to see lovely things go to waste," declares the fading actress of William Inge's "A Loss of Roses." The same can be said of this play, which...

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Sunday, May 4, 2014

'Forbidden Broadway' neatly nails excesses of theater season by Frank Scheck

It couldn't have come at a better time " the end of a theater season that just kept on giving. Much like "Rocky," one of its hapless targets, Gerard Alessandrini's...

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Monday, April 28, 2014

Tribute show 'Inventing Mary Martin' just doesn't fly by Frank Scheck

Mary Martin " the quintessential Peter Pan " captivated theatergoers for nearly 40 years. The loving but misguided revue "Inventing Mary Martin" only feels that long. Stephen Cole, who co…

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Wednesday, April 23, 2014

'Your Mother's Copy of the Kama Sutra' explores intimacy, fails by Frank Scheck

Lovers and others might want to steer clear of "Your Mother's Copy of the Kama Sutra." Starting with its icky title " the linking of one's progenitor to an infamous...

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Review: Hedwig and the Angry Inch by Frank Scheck

Neil Patrick Harris in Hedwig and the Angry Inch (©Joan Marcus) The colorful title character of Hedwig and the Angry Inch can be described as many things, but loveable is not usually …

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Tuesday, April 22, 2014

Nick Offerman bares butt, emotions on-stage in 'Annapurna' by Frank Scheck

Leave it to the New Group to show us a side of Nick Offerman we haven't seen before " his bare butt. In "Annapurna," the new play by Sharr White...

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Monday, April 21, 2014

The Velocity of Autumn: Theater Review by Frank Scheck

Estelle Parsons and Stephen Spinella star in Eric Coble's two-hander Broadway play about an elderly woman who threatens to blow up her Brooklyn brownstone apartment rather than be sent to a …

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NOW: In the Wings on a World Stage: Film Review by Frank Scheck

Jeremy Whelehan's documentary chronicles the world tour of a production of "Richard III" starring Kevin Spacey.read more

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Review: The Cripple of Inishmaan by Frank Scheck

Daniel Radcliffe in The Cripple of Inishmaan (©Johan Persson) His face may be prominently displayed on the Playbill cover and theater marquee, but Daniel Radcliffe melts seamlessly i…

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Thursday, April 17, 2014

Review: Of Mice and Men by Frank Scheck

James Franco and Chris O'Dowd in Of Mice and Men (©Richard Phibbs) Review: Of Mice and Men John Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men is a beloved classic that is a staple in high scho…

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Monday, April 14, 2014

Review: Lady Day at Emerson's Bar & Grill by Frank Scheck

Audra McDonald in Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar & Grill (©Evgenia Eliseeva) Audra McDonald doesn’t look or sound anything like Billie Holiday. So it’s a credit to t…

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