B'way Review: Rob Lake Magic with Special Guests The Muppets Rob Lake (l.) with the Muppets in Rob Lake Magic with Special Guests The Muppets Credit: Evan Zimmerman “Now this show has some real star po...

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My review of Rob Lake Magic with Special Guests the Muppets is now on the David Desk blog.

Off-B'way Review: Richard II; Kyoto Michael Urie in Richard II. Credit: Carol Rosegg Michael Urie proves he is as adept at Shakespearean tragedy as he is at musical comedy and ...

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My reviews of Richard II and Kyoto are now on the David Desk 2 blog.

Off-B'way Review: Queens “I did the best I could,” cries the intense Marin Ireland as Renia, a Polish immigrant struggling to justify her questionable actions in a...

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My review of Queens is on the David Desk blog.

Off-B'way Review: The Burning Cauldron of Fiery Fire Bobby Moreno, Bartley Booz, Cricket Brown, Donetta Lavinia Grays, Jeff Biehl, and Bruce McKenzie in The Burning Cauldron of Fiery Fire. Cre...

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My review of the Burning Cauldron of Firry Fire is now on the David Desk blog.

Off-B'way Review: Bat Boy The Musical; Oh Happy Day! Two fantasy-based productions are currently running Off-Broadway, one darkly satirical, the other raucous yet reverential. The campy comedy ...

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On the David Desk: my reviews of Bat Boy and Oh Happy Day!

B'way Review: Little Bear Ridge Road Laurie Metcalf and Micah Stock in Little Bear Ridge Road. Credit: Julieta Cervantes You would think Samuel D. Hunter would run out of ideas....

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On the David desk: my review of Little Bear Ridge Road, one of the best plays of the Bway season so far.

Off-B'way Reviews: Romy and Michele: The Musical; Endgame Laura Bell Bundy, Kara Lindsay and the cast of Romy and Michele: The Musical . Credit: Valerie Terranova Quirky, silly fun can be had at Rom...

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On the David Desk: my reviews of Romy and Michele the Musical and Beckett’s Endgame. Two totally different shows I enjoyed.

B'way Update: Daniel Radcliffe; Rocky Horror; Ian McKellen Daniel Radcliffe Tony winner Daniel Radcliffe ( Merrily We Roll Along, Harry Potter films) will return to Broadway in Every Brilliant Thing ...

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On the David Desk: Daniel Radcliffe, Luke Evans and Ian McKellen news.

Off-B'way Review: Let's Love! Noah Robbins and Aubrey Plaza in Let's Love! Credit: Ahron Foster Love is a battlefield in Let’s Love! , Ethan Coen’s trio of darkly funny o...

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My review of Let’s Love is on the David Desk blog.

New Zoo Snafu In reaction to Attorney General Pam Bondi's rumored statement that inflatable frog costumes are really antifa uniforms and Doug and Emmy Jo ...

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On the David Desk: Pam Bondi and New Zoo Revue. All about those frog costume.

Off-B'way Review: The Other Americans; Mexodus John Leguizamo and Luna Lauren Velez in The Other Americans . Credit: Joan Marcus John Leguizamo has carved out a unique position for himsel...

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My reviews of The Other Americans and Mexodus are on the David Desk 2 blog.

B'way Review: Ragtime Joshua Henry, Caissie Levy, and  Brandon Uranowitz in Ragtime . Credit: Matthew Murphy Ragtime has been never been more relevant and Lear d...

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My review of Ragtime is on the David Desk blog.

Off-B'way Review: The Honey Trap Michael Hayden and Molly Ranson in The Honey Trap . Credit: Carol Rosegg “I didn’t think it made any sense to build an oral history of a thr...

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My review of The Honey Trap is now in the David Desk blog.

Off-B'way Review: Caroline Chloë Grace Moretz and River Lipe-Smith in Caroline. Credit: Emilio Madrid Preston Max Allen’s perceptive, keenly observant, and ultimately ...

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My review of Caroline at MCC theater is now on the David Desk blog.

B'way Review: Punch Will Harrison (center) in Punch. Credit: Matthew Murphy It’s going to be very difficult to resist writing the obvious praise for Punch , Jam...

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My review of Punch is now on The David Desk blog.

B'way Review: Waiting for Godot Alex Winter and Keanu Reeves in Waiting for Godot. Credit: Andy Henderson The biggest box-office hit of the new, startlingly sparse Broadway...

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My review of Waiting for Godot is now on The David Desk blog.

Agree

Off-B'way Reviews: Saturday Church; House of McQueen; Jamie Allen's Amaze! J. Harrison Ghee and Bryson Battle in Saturday Church. Credit: Marc J. Franklin While it feels a bit like an Afterschool TV Special, Saturda...

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On the David Desk: reviews of Saturday Church, House of McQueen and Amaze!

B'way Review: Art James Corden, Neil Patrick Harris, and Bobby Cannavale in Art. Credit: Matthew Murphy On our way out of the Music Box Theater where the revi...

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My review of Art on Broadway is now on my David Desk blog.

Off-B'way Review: Galas Carmelita Tropicana and  Anthony Roth Costanzo in Galas . Credit: Nina Westervelt The worlds of camp and opera collide deliriously in the re...

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My review of Galas is on The David Desk blog.

B'way Update: John Lithgow in Giant John Lithgow and Romola Garai in Giant in London. Credit: Manuel Harlan Tony, Olivier and Emmy winner John Lithgow will return to Broadway ...

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On the David Desk: John Lithgow returns to Broadway on Giant from London.

Off-Broadway Review: The Wild Duck Alexander Hurt and Nick Westrate in The Wild Duck . Credit: Gerry Goodstein The Wild Duck (1884) is the red-headed step-child among Henrik ...

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On the David Desk: my review of Ibsen’s The Wild Duck.

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On the David Desk blog: memories of Batman cartoons

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On the David Desk blog: should US citizens be fleeing the country because of Trump?

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On the David Desk: thoughts on Batman cartoons

And that of quite a few boys.

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On the David Desk blog: my review of Jeff Ross: Tale a Banana for the Ride.

The opposite of Trump.

B'way Update: Proof Revival; Muppets and Magic Ayo Edebiri and Don Cheadle will star in the Broadway revival of Proof . Emmy winner Ayo Edebiri ( The Bear ) and Oscar nominee Don Cheadle ...

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On the David Desk: Broadway revival of Proof and Magic and The Muppets.

B'way Update: Bug; Cats Carrie Coon and Namir Smallwood in  Bug at Steppenwolf Theater. Credit: Michael Brosilow Manhattan Theater Club will present the Broadway de...

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On the David Desk; Bug and Cats in Broadway.