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Although "Young Frankenstein" isn't the joyous celebration one hoped for (or one worth premiere prices), you've got to hand it to Mel Brooks. At 81, he's still thinking about knockers, knick…
The Cirque du Soleil brand has become synonymous with highly imaginative, infinitely energetic shows. But after umpteen productions, even the best franchise runs out of juice.
There are three drunks sitting around a high-rise apartment. That sounds like either the setup for a serious drama or a bad joke. But the alcohol-addled trio are actually prime ingredients i…
Upon leaving the theater, one woman remarked, "That was nice." "The Glorious Ones" is the third Off-Broadway musical by Ahrens and Flaherty presented at Lincoln Center, which should be stagi…
Duran Duran put its fans' loyalty, and patience, to the test at the official opening of its Broadway run on Friday.
At nearly three hours long, it's too sprawling and ambitious to be consistently involving. In the end, "Rock 'n' Roll" has a good beat, but you can't always dance to it.
Sure, they're following a legendary Broadway hit. True, The New Mel Brooks Musical Young Frankenstein is based on the classic 1974 comedy by writer-director, and now theatrical hitmeister, Brooks. And, yes, say it: Expectations and ticket prices are monstrous. But Brooks, director/choreographer Susan Stroman and their leading ladies—Sutton Foster as Inga, frisky assistant to Dr. Frederick Frankenstein (Roger Bart); Megan Mullally as the good doctor's fiancée; and Andrea Martin as housekeeper Frau Blucher (cue horses)—aren't feeling any high anxiety.
Broadway's "Cyrano" needs more than a nose job. It's in need of a heart transplant.
Joe Dziemianowicz: Alas, the elaborately staged multimedia version of 'Hamlet' by the Wooster Group proves to be a trying experiment - one whose fascination ends well before the 3-hour mark.
