Theater Archives - Page 4 of 25

15Mar

Broadway’s Bridges of Madison County

I've read The Bridges of Madison County by Robert James Waller. I've also seen the film with Meryl Streep and Clint Eastwood. I remember the sense of longing between the two major characters and how I felt reading and watching their story and I wondered how their story would translate to the stage. I can honestly say that I was riveted from the moment the curtain rose in the Broadway version of The Bridges of Madison County. Kelli O'Hara and Steven Pasquale make an extraordinary pair playing the couple whose chance encounter becomes a potential second Read More

03Mar

Giveaway: The Cripple of Inishmaan

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I am so excited to offer tickets to a wonderful show by one of my favorite playwrights with an actor everyone is curious about. Daniel Radcliffe, star of the eight Harry Potter films, makes a triumphant return to Broadway following his 10-month sold out run in How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying in the Broadway premiere of Martin McDonagh's comedy directed by Tony® award winner Michael Grandage. Set on the remote island of Inishmaan off the west coast of Ireland, word arrives that a Hollywood film is being made on the Read More

10Feb

The Perfect Sunday Matinee: Once the Musical

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When I first heard that Once was coming to Broadway, I was intrigued and excited. But I was also fearful that it wouldn't live up to the original film that I so adored. The combination of the music by the wonderful musicians Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova and the love story has never left my mind. It's one of my all time favorites and I didn't want my bubble to burst. So I held off on seeing the show, knowing that as an avid theater goer, I would one day see it. That day came yesterday when I attended a matinee of the show and I can honestly sigh Read More

07Feb

Giveaway: The Realistic Joneses on Broadway

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Written by Pulitzer Prize finalist Will Eno and directed by Sam Gold (Fun Home), the upcoming Broadway show The Realistic Joneses is inside look at the people who live next door, the truths we think we know and the secrets we never imagined we all might share. As their relationships begin to irrevocably intertwine, the Joneses must decide between their idyllic fantasies and their imperfect realities. The show originally premiered at Yale Repertory Theatre in New Haven, CT, in April 2012, starring Letts, Parker Posey, Glenn Fitzgerald and Johanna Read More

03Feb

A Short Tribute to Philip Seymour Hoffman

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When I heard the news about Philip Seymour Hoffman yesterday, I was incredibly shocked but more than that, incredibly sad. Sad for the film world, sad for the theater world, sad for the arts world in general. Sad for all the works he was meant to create and star in that we will never see. At age 46, he accomplished so much. If you look at his body of work, you see that he chose his projects very carefully. The list is so vast, with films like Almost Famous, Magnolia, Charlie Wilson's War, Capote, The Master, Moneyball and The Talented Mr. Ripley. Read More

30Dec

My Favorite Posts of 2013 and Hello, 2014

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It's my annual tradition to look back at the year in review. When I started to think about 2013, I thought I had nothing to write about. It hasn't been my best year, but somehow along the way, I managed to get more accomplished than I realized. Rather than bore you to tears with a long post, I'm going to give it to you in small chunks. My most popular posts: A visit to the set of Orange is the New Black seems to have hit a nerve with my readers and also happens to be have been my favorite blogging experience of the year. I interviewed Read More

20Dec

Domesticated at Lincoln Center Theater

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Every now and then a play comes along and is so good it knocks you in the face. It's rare, and for me, it happens most frequently at Lincoln Center's Vivien Beaumont Theater. For it is there I saw Pride's Crossing, Six Degrees of Separation, Marie Christine, Contact and The House of Blue Leaves, and many, many more productions. As a member, I try not to miss their programming, yet somehow I nearly let their latest DOMESTICATED slip through my fingers. I am thankful that I got my ticket booked and stopped into a talk back with the two key members of the Read More

10Dec

Revisiting Broadway’s “Wicked”

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In September, 2010, I took my daughter to see Wicked The Musical on Broadway. I remember that night well - the buzz I felt when we walked into the theatre together...the talent on stage...the music....the creativity...but most of all, the complete spectacle of a show that felt bigger than life. About my daughter's reaction to the show, who was only 7 at at the time, I wrote: As for my daughter, I was concerned about the lateness of the evening. During intermission, I asked her if she was going to make it. She looked at me with a big grin on her face Read More

05Dec

Sound, Fury, and Frustration Over Macbeth

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I have loved Ethan Hawke since he so charmingly sparred with Winona Ryder in Reality Bites. So I went into the Vivian Beaumont Theatre at Lincoln Center the other night to see him in the titular role of Macbeth with high hopes. Well, I wasn’t completely disappointed. The production, under the direction of director Jack O’Brien, is visually arresting. There are tableaux, rather than scenes. For instance, the feast Lady Macbeth serves to her guests toward the end of the play looks like Rembrandt might have painted it. It is beautifully lit, and its Read More

02Dec

Shakespearean Ecstasy with Julie Taymor

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Julie Taymor is back. After disappearing for a short period following the Spiderman on Broadway collision (she recently settled in court with the producers), she has returned to her Shakespearean roots with A Midsummer Night's Dream in the recently built Polonsky Shakespeare Theater in the heart of BAM. The experience exceeded my expectations. Any theatergoer who is fascinated by Taymor's creative mind and passion will not be disappointed. Having just visited Shakespeare's Globe Theater in London, I was happy to be to find a similar space Read More