Off-B'way Review: The Monsters; High Spirits Aigner Mizzelle and Okieriete Onaodowan in The Monsters . Credit: T. Charles Erickson The two-actor cast of Ngozi Anyanwu’s The Monsters at...

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On the David Desk: My reviews of The Monsters and High Spirits Both are at City Center.

B'way Update: Galileo Musical Raul Esparza in Galileo: A Rock Musical  at Berkeley Rep. Credit: Kevin Berne According to Playbill.com, Galileo , a rock musical based on t...

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On the David Desk: Raul Esparza to star in a rock musical on Galileo

Off-B'way Review: The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee The cast of The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee. Credit: Joan Marcus In a program interview, director-choreographer Danny Mefford rev...

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My review of the 25th Putnam County SpIlling Bee is now on the David Desk 2 blog.

Hard pass!

Off-B'way Review: Ulysses The company of Ulysses . Credit: Joan Marcus The innovative theater collective Elevator Repair Service has tackled such literary giants as F...

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My review of Ulysses, Elevator Repair Service’s adaptation of James Joyce’s classic novel is on the David Desk blog.

Batman Humor That Went Over My Head as a Kid, Part 4 Catwoman is about to steal Chad and Jeremy's voices. Notice how they could just walk right on stage with no one to to stop them. The Cat's M...

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On the David Desk blog: more Batman humor that went over my head as a kid.

Off-B'way Review: Data Sophia Lillis, Karan Brar, and Justin H. Min in Data . Credit: T. Charles Erickson Matthew Libby’s Data could have easily become like one o...

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My review of Data is n the David Desk blog.

Sinners Shatters Oscar Nom Record Michael B. Jordan and Miles Caton in Sinners , which now holds the record for the most Oscar noms with 16. Credit: Warner Brothers Sinners ,...

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On the David Desk blog: Sinners shatters Oscar noms record with 16.

InterviewEd her for my book on George C Scott. She was very helpful and gracious.

I met him when was in Joe turner on Broadway in 1988. Excellent performance.

Off-B'way Review: An Ark An Ark. Credit: Marc J. Franklin Billed as a “new play with mixed reality,” Simon Stephens’ An Ark begs the questions “Is it theater?” and “...

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On the David Desk my review of An Ark the new play with mixed reality.

I used to collect these.

State of the Oscar Race Timothee Chalamet is the frontrunner for Best Actor in the Oscar race. After the GGs, CCs, SAG and Independent Spirit noms, BAFTA long-list,...

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On the David Desk: the state of the Oscar race before the noms come out.

Off-B'way Review: The Disappear Hamish Linklater and Miriam Silverman in The Disappear . Credit: Jeremy Daniel People who make movies and write novels are terrible at relat...

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My review of The Disappear is on the David Drsk blog.

We had the Kreskin game.

Batman Humor That Went Over My Head as a Kid, Part 3 In honor of the 60th anniversary of the premiere of the Batman series (on Jan. 12), here are some more Bat episodes with humor than went ove...

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On the David Eesk: the 60th anniversary of Batman on TV

B'way Update: The Fear of 13 with Adrien Brody, Tessa Thompson Adrien Brody in The Fear of 13 in London. Double Oscar winner Adrien Brody ( The Pianist, The Brutalist ) will make his Broadway debut in Th...

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On the David desk: Adrien Brody and Tessa Thompson to make their Beay debuts in The Fear of 13.

B'way Review: Bug Carrie Coon and Namir Smallwood in Bug . Credit: Matthew Murphy Since its London premiere in 1996, Tracey Letts’ riveting psycho-thriller Bu...

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My review of Bug is on the David Desk blog.

B'way Update: Titanique Cast; Gay Fantasticks Jim Parsons, Debrah Cox, Frankie Grande and Constantine Rousouli will headline Titanique on Broadway. Titanique , the long-running Off-Broa...

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On the David Desk: Titanique casting incl. Jim Paraons and a gay Fantasticks.

More Batman Humor That Went Over My Head as a Kid Loren Ewing, Doodles Weaver (Sigourney Weaver's uncle) and Art Carney In the "Shoot a Crook Arrow" episode of Batman Shoot a Crooked Arrow/W...

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On the David Desk: Batman humor I missed when I was a kid.

One Battle Wins Again with NSFC Ethan Hawke was named Best Actor for Blue Moon from the National Society of Film Critics. One Battle After Another continues winning battles...

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On the David Desk: the National Society of Film Critics picks the best of 2025.

What could possibly go wrong?

B'way/Off-B'way Review: Marjorie Prime; Meet the Cartozians Christopher Lowell and June Squibb in Marjorie Prime. Credit: Joan Marcus When Jordan Harrison’s Marjorie Prime premiered Off-Broadway at Pl...

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My reviews of Marjorie Prime and Meet the Cartozians are on the David Desk blog.

Then it’s a 70percent cut not 700!!!!

Rob Reiner and Anthony Geary Die on the Same Day Anthony Geary and Rob Reiner on All in the Family (1971) In a horrible coincidence, Rob Reiner and Anthony Geary died on the same day. Reine...

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On the David Desk blog: thoughts on Rob Reiner and Anthony Geary dying on the same day.

B'way Update: Titanique To Sail Into the St. James Marla Mindelle in Titanique. Credit: Chad David Kraus Titanique , the spoofy Off-Broadway musical satirizing the Oscar-winning film will sai...

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On the David Desk blog: Titanique will sail into the St. James.

B'way Update: Titanique To Sail Into the St. James Marla Mindelle in Titanique. Credit: Chad David Kraus Titanique , the spoofy Off-Broadway musical satirizing the Oscar-winning film will sai...

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On the David Desk blog: Titanique will sail into the St Kames.

Battle Dominates Early Film Awards Leonardo DiCaprio in One Battle After Another , Best Picture winner for the NYFCC, NBR and Gotham Awards. Film award season is upon us and O...

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On the David Desk blog: One Battle after Another dominates early film awards season.

Off-B'way Review: The Seat of Our Pants Shuler Hensley and Micaela Diamond in The Seat of Our Pants. Credit: Joan Marcus At this year’s Thanksgiving dinner, a young relative expres...

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My review of The Seat of Our Pants is on the David Desk.