Review: ‘The Poison Tree’
"I don't like Lowell," says a young poet in "The Poison Tree," referring to the late poet, Robert Lowell, "but I respect his tragedy." Robert Glaudini's play, receiving its world premiere at the…
1
Reviews
Review: ‘Playboy Jazz Festival: Day One’
The Playboy Jazz Festival turned a big page in its history Saturday night, sporting a lineup that as a whole sounded and felt different from anything we've heard at this annual June block party…
Review: ‘Even Stevens – Young Leads Shine in Sibling Sitcom’
Judging by the one episode allotted for review, the Disney Channel's new original series, "Even Stevens," is OK: It mines the young teen territory that Nickelodeon rules and is amiable enough, but…
Review: ‘The Patriot – ‘Patriot’ Packs a Punch’
Corny and melodramatic as it is, "The Patriot" still manages to do something few films have done --- to tell a story of the American Revolutionary War that has some emotional pull and isn't stuffy…
Review: ‘Boys and Girls’
Boys will be boys, girls will be girls, and "Boys and Girls" will soon be forgotten. As generic as its title, pic joins a seemingly endless stream of undistinguished, middling and amazingly tepid…
Review: ‘The Patriot’
Corny and melodramatic as it is, "The Patriot" still manages to do something few films have done -- to tell a story of the American Revolutionary War that has some emotional pull and isn't stuffy and…
Review: ‘Tackle Happy’
A couple of well-endowed blokes manipulate their privates for delighted (mostly female) audiences at venues across Australia in the seriously bizarre "Tackle Happy," which has already won a cult…
Review: ‘Stepsister From Planet Weird’
A sweet-'n-simple look at sibling rivalry and, well, aliens, the Disney Channel's "Stepsister From Planet Weird" is an innocent fluff job targeted squarely at young femmes who pass notes in homeroom…
Review: ‘Neil Simon’s Hotel Suite’
The Roundabout Theater Co.'s tin-eared streak continues apace with its latest offering, "Neil Simon's Hotel Suite," a collection of cheap entertainments mixed and matched from the prolific…
Review: ‘Macbeth’
If you're going on an ego trip, you might as well travel first-class. So why is Kelsey Grammer, the lovable star of TV's "Frasier" and a man who can certainly afford luxurious accommodations…
Review: ‘Esther Kahn’
Studiously misguided in its attempt to chart a lower-class girl's rise from turn-of-the-century Jewish slum to leading lady on the London stage, "Esther Kahn," English-lingo debut by French auteur…
