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'Bye Bye' revival up 16% at the box office
The problem with Adam Gwon's musical Ordinary Days lies in its central conceit of being about ordinary people expressing their ordinary thoughts as they go about their ordinary business on an ordinary day in New York. Neither New York nor the New York theater is especially kind to ordinary people—like the show's two young couples struggling to make meaningful connections in an uncaring city of strangers. For all the technical proficiency of Gwon's work and Marc Bruni's staging, the musical is buried under its own banality.
Hats off to the farsighted producers of "The Neil Simon Plays" for taking a risk on their choice of director. While David Cromer's most recent New York hits, Adding Machine and Our Town, mined piercing depths in timeworn texts, they did so in an austere presentational style that seemed a million miles from the warm-hearted humor of Brighton Beach Memoirs. The first installment of a Simon double that continues with Broadway Bound, opening Dec. 10, the revival strikes an exquisite balance between comedy and pathos, its impeccable ensemble landing every laugh while exploring every emotional nuance to build a tremendously moving portrait of family life.
Legit productions to be available for download
Director works to bring shows to new audiences
Opening nights shed their opulence
That's some handsome country kitchen Allen Moyer has designed for "After Miss Julie," with its chunky farm table, its sideboard stacked with Wedgewood and its oven range fringed by hanging c…
The long-time friends make their Gotham nitery duo-debut at Feinstein's with "The Vicky and Ted Show," an exhilarating act mixing their naturally droll personalities with Clark's profoundly …
Allen's one-woman show about simultaneously coming down with two different kinds of cancer is a lot funnier than one would expect, given its dire subject matter, and co-helmers James Lapine …
This cheeky satire of children's television shows like "Sesame Street" is fresh and funny.
Actress to star in 'Funny Story,' 'Trust'
In what would be her first film producing project since leaving the CEO slot at United Artists in 2008, Paula Wagner is mobilizing a screen version of "Miss Saigon" as a directing vehicle fo…
The ensemble turns in smart performances, and Sandra Goldmark's gorgeous design aids the stagings, particularly the final one, in ways Wilder couldn't have imagined.
Richard Jones' idiosyncratic take on "Annie Get Your Gun" will enrage purists.
When the supporting roles in Beckett's "Endgame" make the strongest impact, something has clearly gone awry.
Part installation art, part dance-theater, part Uncle Will's Haunted House tour, the U.S. debut of Brit group Punchdrunk creates a wild theatrical ride that the audience can steer for themse…
Celebs enjoy festivities with their families
The show is entertaining but synthetic, its telepic plotting restitching familiar threads from "Hairspray" and "Dreamgirls," while covering fictitious ground adjacent to that of recent biopi…
Producer to meet with music icons on musical
Newcomers boost Broadway sales momentum
A wholesome tuner in tune with the times, bolstered by winsome melodies.
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Legit scribe tries out 'Men,' a version of 'La Ronde'
Former Jujamcyn topper takes on Washington
