Emma and Max: Moviemaker Todd Solondz Tries Theater to Mixed Results by David Finkle

★★★ A tale ripped from the headlines about liberal guilt and immigrant discontent is watered down The post Emma and Max: Moviemaker Todd Solondz Tries Theater to Mixed Resu…

SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 6:00pm on October 14, 2018☆⚑

Midnight at the Never Get: A Musical That Never Quite Gets There by David Finkle

★★ Mark Sonnenblick is the composer-;lyricist-bookwriter of a sorry tale of 1960s gay romance The post Midnight at the Never Get: A Musical That Never Quite Gets There appeared f…

SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 7:00pm on October 11, 2018☆⚑

Oklahoma!: The Great Musical in 2018 Whipping-Down-the-Plain Take by David Finkle

★★★★ Daniel Fish and fine 12-member cast, 7-musician band revitalize the Rodgers-Hammerstein classic The post Oklahoma!: The Great Musical in 2018 Whipping-Down-the…

SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 7:00pm on October 7, 2018☆⚑

What the Constitution Means to Me: Lots, Declares Heidi Scheck by David Finkle

★★★★ Laughs abound in this sincere defense of the currently under-siege document The post What the Constitution Means to Me: Lots, Declares Heidi Scheck appeared firs…

SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 8:29pm on September 30, 2018☆⚑

Bernhardt/Hamlet: Janet McTeer in Theresa Rebeck's Almost-Ready Play by David Finkle

★★★ Sarah Bernhardt takes on the great role while dallying with Edmond Rostand The post Bernhardt/Hamlet: Janet McTeer in Theresa Rebeck’s Almost-Ready Play appeared …

SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 9:50pm on September 25, 2018☆⚑

Wild Abandon: Leenya Rideout Plays, Sings, Talks Show-Biz/Mom Issues by David Finkle

★★★ The multi-talented performer works instruments and resentments to vigorous effect The post Wild Abandon: Leenya Rideout Plays, Sings, Talks Show-Biz/Mom Issues appeared…

SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 8:00pm on September 24, 2018☆⚑

The Age of Innocence: Edith Wharton's Novel Graces the Stage by David Finkle

★★★★ Douglas McGrath brings the tale of how doing the right society thing is doing the wrong thing The post The Age of Innocence: Edith Wharton’s Novel Graces t…

SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 10:00am on September 18, 2018☆⚑

The Emperor: Up-Close-and-Personal/Generic Look at the Powerful by David Finkle

★★★★ Shape-shifting Kathryn Hunter skillfully plays many men in Haile Selassie's Ethiopian court The post The Emperor: Up-Close-and-Personal/Generic Look at the Power…

SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 7:30pm on September 16, 2018☆⚑

Smokey Joe's Cafe: Smokin' Jerry Leiber-Mike Stoller Hits Smokin' by David Finkle

★★★★★ A nine-cast Top-40 revue from mid-20th century so hot you could sizzle steaks on it The post Smokey Joe’s Cafe: Smokin’ Jerry Leiber-Mike Stol…

SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 4:58pm on September 9, 2018☆⚑

Pretty Woman: Hit Romcom, Musicalized, Is Only Pretty Good by David Finkle

★★★ Samantha Barks and Andy Karl topline this Garry Marshall-J. F. Lawton-Bryan Adams-Jim Vallance transfer The post Pretty Woman: Hit Romcom, Musicalized, Is Only Pretty G…

SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 9:29pm on August 16, 2018☆⚑

Be More Chill: Loud Musical About a Desperate Teenage Social Outcast by David Finkle

★★★ Songwriter Joe Iconis, bookwriter Joe Tracz transfer Ned Vizzini's popular YA novel to the stage The post Be More Chill: Loud Musical About a Desperate Teenage Social O…

SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 3:01pm on August 13, 2018☆⚑

Fern Hill: Three Couples Get Around to Clean Sex on a Farm Weekend by David Finkle

★★★ Michael Tucker writes a smart script for six top actors that starts out less than smart The post Fern Hill: Three Couples Get Around to Clean Sex on a Farm Weekend appe…

SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 8:00pm on August 11, 2018☆⚑

The Band's Visit: Sasson Gabay Joins the Still-Excellent Tony Winner by David Finkle

★★★★★ Replacing Tony Shalhoub, the Isaeli star helps maintain the just-about-perfect chamber musical The post The Band’s Visit: Sasson Gabay Joins the Sti…

SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 5:50pm on August 5, 2018☆⚑

War of the Roses: Henry VI & Richard III: Losing Shakespeare Battles by David Finkle

★★ The history play combination, directed by Austin Pendleton and Peter Bloch, too often fires blanks The post War of the Roses: Henry VI & Richard III: Losing Shakespeare …

SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 11:00pm on August 4, 2018☆⚑

The New One: Lovably Humorous Mike Birbiglia Cracks Very Wise by David Finkle

★★★★ The stand-up comic who does a lot of commanding the stage talks about his expanding family The post The New One: Lovably Humorous Mike Birbiglia Cracks Very Wise…

SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 8:00pm on August 2, 2018☆⚑

The House That Will Not Stand: Smart, Oppressed Women in 1813 Nola by David Finkle

★★★★ Marcus Gardley pens a history play relevant to today's compromised feminist status The post The House That Will Not Stand: Smart, Oppressed Women in 1813 Nola ap…

SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 8:51pm on July 30, 2018☆⚑

My Life on a Diet: Renée Taylor Serves Dishes of Comfort Laughs by David Finkle

★★★★ The comedienne looks back at several decades of being funny while dieting The post My Life on a Diet: Renée Taylor Serves Dishes of Comfort Laughs appeared firs…

SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 4:59pm on July 26, 2018☆⚑

The Originalist: Antonin Scalia v. a Liberal Clerk With Hot Results by David Finkle

★★★★ John Strand pits conservatism against liberalism in a play as timely as they come The post The Originalist: Antonin Scalia v. a Liberal Clerk With Hot Results a…

SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 10:54pm on July 19, 2018☆⚑

The Damned: Ivo van Hove Goes About Theatricalizing Visconti by David Finkle

★★★ The challenging story of a steel manufacturing family in 1933 Germany struggling to survive The post The Damned: Ivo van Hove Goes About Theatricalizing Visconti appear…

SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 2:36pm on July 18, 2018☆⚑

Fire in Dreamland: Rinne Groff's New Drama Has Trouble Igniting by David Finkle

★★★ A woman hoping to make something of her life latches on to an ambivalent moviemaker The post Fire in Dreamland: Rinne Groff’s New Drama Has Trouble Igniting appe…

SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 9:41pm on July 16, 2018☆⚑

The Saintliness of Margery Kempe: Saint or Sinner? Not Worth Deciding by David Finkle

★ John Wulp stage-adapts a medieval mystic's life at great length to small avail The post The Saintliness of Margery Kempe: Saint or Sinner? Not Worth Deciding appeared first on New Yo…

SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 9:01pm on July 12, 2018☆⚑

Imperium I: Conspirator, II: Dictator: From London by David Finkle

★★★★ Mike Poulton adapts Robert Harris' Cicero novels for Gregory Doran's surging two parts The post Imperium I: Conspirator, II: Dictator: From London appeared first…

SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 9:00pm on July 2, 2018☆⚑

Translations, An Ideal Husband, Consent: From London by David Finkle

Gains and loses from Brian Friel, Oscar Wilde and Nina Raine on three crackling stages The post Translations, An Ideal Husband, Consent: From London appeared first on New York Stage Review.

SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 11:29pm on June 29, 2018☆⚑

Strictly Ballroom, The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, Julie: From London by David Finkle

Baz Luhrman's dance flick, Muriel Spark's novel take the stage, Strindberg's Miss Julie doesn't take The post Strictly Ballroom, The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, Julie: From London appeared fi…

SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 10:00am on June 26, 2018☆⚑

Sugar in Our Wounds: Salt Effectively Poured in Civil War Wounds by David Finkle

★★★★ Donja R. Love looks unflinchingly at lynchings and their aftermaths in the deep South The post Sugar in Our Wounds: Salt Effectively Poured in Civil War Wounds a…

SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 9:30pm on June 19, 2018☆⚑