Review by Elyse TreversIt’s one of the hottest tickets this season – multiple award – winning actress Cate Blanchett’s Broadway debut. The good news is that Cate does not …
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2/9/17
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A Review by Elyse TreversThe title for this one-woman show by comedian and comedy writer Monica Piper comes from a remark made to the young Monica by a neighbor who noted that she didn’t attend …
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2/2/17
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The average adult spends a third of the day at work, often seeing more of his co-workers than his relatives. So it’s not surprising that some workers bond like a family. With well-crafted …
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1/30/17
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If you take the LIRR (the reverse commute,) you can easily identify with Aaron Port (Josh Radnor) who travels to Levittown each week to teach an adult ed class on creative writing. If you’ve …
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1/15/17
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Doesn’t this show feel familiar? Haven’t we seen this before? Well, actually not officially, but A Bronx Tale, which recently opened at The Longacre Theater, bears an awful lot of …
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1/5/17
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Review by Elyse TreversMovie stars have several chances to get a scene right, to perfect the dialogue and to work through the moves. This is not true in live theater. So when our favorite movie stars …
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12/23/16
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Theater’s a tough business so “you gotta have a gimmick” to distinguish your show. Hoping to capitalize on the popularity of movies like Pitch Perfect, and TV shows like Glee, In …
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12/21/16
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Fittingly, Hope is her middle name, and so Sweet Charity views the world with optimism. Although the men in her life use, rob and abuse her, she still waits for one to love her. In the latest revival …
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12/16/16
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Finally, some pleasant news out of the Mid-East. A troupe of Egyptian musicians gets lost in Israel and is warmly welcomed by townspeople living in the middle of nowhere. The award-winning 2007 movie …
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12/9/16
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As soon as the light came up at the NYCB Theatre at Westbury, my almost-4-year-old companion whipped around and started to pay attention to the Christmas scene on stage. Four elves wearing green and …
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12/8/16
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