Kristin Chenoweth as Lily GarlandPhoto: Joan Marcus by Eugene Paul Screwball? Yes. Madcap? Yes. Zany? Yesss. Dizzying pace? Yes. Laughs? Galore. Laughs? Raucous. Laughs? Gut busters. Kristin Chenoweth? A scream. Peter Gallagher? A hoot. Andy Karl? A howl. Mark Linn-Baker, Michael McGrath, Mary Louise Wilson? Funny, funny, funny. Rick Faugno, Richard Riaz Yoder, Drew King,…
Rosie Perez & Larry David photos by Joan Marcus by David Schultz This practically sold-out hit is the hottest ticket on Broadway right now. Ticket sales have reached over four million, and counting. Television writer and star Larry David is the reason this work has ever seen the light of day. Minions of his…
by Eugene Paul Helen Mirren is in residence on Broadway as the Queen. It behooves you to make haste to be in her presence. Here, in this splendiferous delight of ever in fashion old fashioned out and out theatrical craftsmanship, the compelling richness of Bob Crowley’s settings and costumes frame luminescent Helen Mirren as England’s…
by Deirdre Donovan Hamilton, the much-awaited musical at the Public Theater, is making a mighty big noise at its downtown home in Astor Place. And if you go to only one show this season, it should be to this amazing new musical that breathes life into 18th Century American history and gives it a…
Bradley Cooper as John Merrick, Alessandro Nivola as Dr. Fredrik Treves & Patricia Clarkson as Mrs. Kendal By Michall Jeffers Fans of Bradley Cooper may well be amazed by his performance as John Merrick; many hardened theater critics will be, too. As the abused, tormented man cruelly twisted by deformity and fate, Cooper is…
Emily Padgett as Daisy Hilton and Erin Davie as Violet Hilton by Eugene Paul This heartbreakingly ambiguous entertainment, flecked with moments of beauty and laughter, is based on (a) a true story, the wrenching history of Daisy and Violet Hilton, (b) a horror film, Freaks, the passionate brainstorm of Tod Browning, which ruined his…
Gretchen Mol, Hari Dhillon ,Karen Pittman, and Josh Radnor Photos by Joan Marcus By Eugene Paul Riveting. If you’ve been too obsessed with what’s going on in the world to notice that Ayad Akhtar won an Obie for this, his play, Disgraced, in 2012, you’ll have to take notice now that it won the…
Blythe Danner Photos By Joan Marcus By David Schultz Chekhov Lite in the Berkshires Everyone seems to be jumping on the Chekhov bandwagon of late. Christopher Durang (“Vanya, Sonya, Masha & Spike”) last case in point. His riff on the master was clever, pithy, and wise. It garnered a few well-deserved Tony Awards last…
Photographs by: Joan Marcus By Eugene Paul With a vast, overpoweringly produced, literally awesome demonstration of theatrical brawn, the Sting machine has taken on Broadway, no holds barred. When was the last time you saw crowds outside the theatre dazzled by musicians from the show playing live under the marquee, the star, 63…
Jay Armstrong Johnson, Tony Yazbeck and Clyde Alves photos by Joan Marcus by Eugene Paul The Lyric Theatre, once again the Lyric Theatre after having been through several other incarnations since it grew bigger and more beautiful, is launching its now British ownership with the best, sweetest version of that very American delight, On…