‘Macbeth’ Review: Daniel Craig, Ruth Negga Star in a Broadway Production That’s All Smoke
Under all the fog (and there is a lot of it), there isn’t much substance in this production, which clearly prioritizes an aesthetic and a mood over acting, coherence and Shakespeare’s text.
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“Mr. Saturday Night” is Just Not Very Funny
In Mr. Saturday Night, the musical based on Billy Crystal’s eponymous film from 1992, we meet Buddy Young, Jr. (played by Crystal), an aging Jewish comic who looks back at his illustrious career and craves to return to the spotlight. Caught in this desire to make something of himself again, are his wife Elaine (Randy […]
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This ‘POTUS’ Gets Our Vote
For as long as I can remember, I have disliked farces—right from my literature undergrad days—because it’s always been a little distasteful to uncover who a farce laughs at. As a woman of color, and an immigrant, I am also a bit weary of the “pantsuit”-ness and the “lean in”-ness of liberal rich women politics. […]
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