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Vampire Musical Lacks Bite

A review of The Lost Boys by Frank Scheck | April 26, 2026

Unfortunately, the musical is less sure-footed when it comes to tone, with the first act leaning heavily into gothic thrills while the second veers into silly humor that largely falls flat… The performances can’t be faulted, with Benet, making his Broadway debut, displaying impressive charisma and powerful pipes (let’s hope they don’t get blown out with his screlting eight times a week), and Bourzgui magnetic as the blonde, spiky-haired David.

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Pope/Bettany Elevate ‘The Collaboration’ Into Art Worth Contemplating

Ran Xia | December 20, 2022

One of them paved a path of his own ascending to artistic godhood by glorifying the mundane; the other painted SAMO (meaning the Same Old Sh*t) criticizing the very idea of repetition. One of them broke down the wall between art and business; for the other, walls didn’t mean a thing. One saw beauty, immortality, […]

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Complex Men and Caricatures of Women Are Caught ‘Between Riverside and Crazy’

Bedatri D.Choudhury | December 19, 2022

Walter “Pops” Washington, as he self-describes in Stephen Adly Guirgis’ Pulitzer-winning play Between Riverside and Crazy, is “a flesh and blood, pee standing up, registered Republican.” He is also a litigious former cop caught within the crossroads of bureaucracy, racism, life as a widower, and a fast-gentrifying Riverside Drive. He also happens to be Black. […]

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