London Legit Review: ‘The Same Deep Water As Me’
Surprisingly cumbersome switches between designer Scott Pask's office and courtroom locations are an unintentional metaphor for the problem beneath "The Same Deep Water As Me." Nick Payne — who wrote…
Murder for Two
Broadway Box Office: Strong Summer for Average Ticket Prices
As summer starts to wind down, so does the Broadway cume — but last week average ticket price actually climbed, in what's been a strong season so far in terms of the average price paid per ticket…
L.A. Legit Review: ‘One Night in Miami…’
Any playwright can stick celebrity facsimiles together in a room; it takes real talent not only to render those portraits believable but also to invest the encounter with dramatic weight. In "One…
Booker Spies Opportunity in Off Broadway Tours
Longtime Off Broadway producer Edmund Gaynes has hung out a new shingle, launching Gaynes Theatrical Booking to rep Off Broadway touring properties. The road market for Off Broadway shows is in…
Off Broadway Review: ‘Murder for Two’
“Murder for Two,” a two-character spoof by Joe Kinosian (book & music) and Kellen Blair (book & lyrics) of an old-fashioned stage whodunit, is the first musical produced by Second Stage at its Uptown…
Film Review: ‘Beneath’
Steven Spielberg's sage decision to show the mechanical shark as little as possible in "Jaws" springs to mind with each successive glimpse of an incredibly fake-looking man-eating catfish in Larry…
Legit Review: ‘Choir Boy’
Believe the buzz. “Choir Boy,” the small but mighty coming-of-age play by Tarell Alvin McCraney ("The “Brother/Sister Plays") that melted frosty British hearts at the Royal Court last year, deserves…
Disney Theatrical Eyeing Muppets On Stage (EXCLUSIVE)
Disney Theatrical Prods. has quietly initiated early explorations of a live stage show featuring the Muppets, commencing late last month with a short but elaborate presentation directed by Alex…
‘Bridges of Madison County’ Musical Set for Broadway
The gestating musical version of “The Bridges of Madison County” has lined up its Broadway run, with the production inked in for a February opening at the Gerald Schoenfeld Theater. Although this is…
Legit Review: ‘The Caucasian Chalk Circle’
Christopher Lloyd has made a career of playing mad geniuses, which makes this brilliant clown a perfect fit for Azdak, the wise fool who injects some cockeyed sanity into the state-sanctioned lunacy…
Legit Review: ‘Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812’
As Russian supper club entertainment goes, “Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812” could put belly dancers out of business. In this smartly engineered transfer, Dave Malloy’s innovative musical…
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