My review of Sleep No More, Punchdrunk’s ambitious haunted-house of a play, went up on CultureVulture.net the other day. Check it out here and let me know what you think.
Archive for the 'theater reviews' Category
Theater review: SLEEP NO MORE
April 26, 2011Theater review: WAR HORSE
April 21, 2011My review of War Horse at Lincoln Center Theater has just been posted on CultureVulture.net. Check it out and let me know what you think.
Theater review: THE MOTHERF**KER WITH THE HAT
April 21, 2011Or as I like to call it, The Asterisk with the Hat. My review of Stephen Adly Giurgis’s riotous Broadway play, starring Bobby Cannavale and Chris Rock, has been posted on CultureVulture.net. Check it out and let me know what you think.
And while you’re at it, check out the show’s website. I love the ad line “2 Hearts. 12 Steps. 1 Hat.” The splash page used to come with a deliciously exuberant voice-over by the unmistakeable Elaine Stritch. They’ve cut the soundtrack, but it’s been preserved on Vimeo here.
Theater review: GO BACK TO WHERE YOU ARE
April 14, 2011
Tim Hopper, Brian Hutchinson, and David Greenspan in "Go Back to Where You Are" (photo by Joan Marcus)
My review of David Greenspan’s new play Go Back to Where You Are at Playwrights Horizons has just been posted on CultureVulture.net. Check it out and let me know what you think.
Theater review: MARIE AND BRUCE
April 12, 2011
Still catching up from last week, I’ve just posted my review of Wally Shawn’s Marie and Bruce, being revived by the New Group in a production starring Marisa Tomei and Frank Whaley, beautifully staged by Scott Elliott. I liked everything about the production but one thing. It’s a big but, though. Check out the whole review online here and let me know what you think.
It’s a tough play, in many ways, but I retain very fond memories of the original production at the Public Theater, which I saw not long after I moved to New York in 1980. Directed by the late great Wilford Leach, the production starred Louise Lasser and Bob Balaban (below).
photo by Martha Swope
another eye opens 