Theater review ANGRY ALAN 85 minutes with no intermission. At Studio Seaview, 305 W. 43rd Street. For nine years, audiences grew to love John Krasinski’s mild-mannered Jim on “The Office”: His half-grins, dry confessionals, knowing glances at Pam. Jim was one of TV’s nicest guys. And that’s what makes the puppy-dog actor’s casting in Penelope … Read more
Owned by Jagger. In the new documentary “Strange Journey: The Story of Rocky Horror,” creator Richard O’Brien revealed that Mick Jagger and his team tried to buy the film rights to “The Rocky Horror Picture Show” after the stage show made its US debut in 1974. But director Jim Sharman advised that they shouldn’t go … Read more
He’s rebounded beautifully. Subway busker Iain Forrest, who made headlines last year when he was viciously attacked by an unhinged stranger in a caught-on-camera beatdown at the Herald Square station, has taken his talent from the MTA to the NBA. Forrest has played the national anthem before Knicks games on his electric cello on the … Read more
“Stranger Things: The First Shadow” opened on Broadway in NYC on April 22, 2025. Jamie Campbell Bower, Charlie Heaton, Natalia Dyer, Noah Schnapp and more stars from the hit Netflix series posed on the red carpet to support the new play. Jamie Campbell Bower, Charlie Heaton, Natalia Dyer, Noah Schnapp, Priah Ferguson, Cara Buono, Brett … Read more
movie review SINNERS Running time: 137 minutes. Rated R (strong bloody violence, sexual content and language). In theaters. The South and vampires go together like wooden stakes and undead hearts. Anne Rice put classy Lestat’s feeding grounds in New Orleans, Louisiana, and the trashy vamps of “True Blood” got steamy in the bayou nearby. The … Read more
Theater review GOOD NIGHT, AND GOOD LUCK One hour and 45 minutes with no intermission. At the Winter Garden Theatre, 1634 Broadway. “Good Night, and Good Luck,” the play that opened Thursday at the Winter Garden Theatre, is a big story with a huge set and an enormous star. So it comes as a surprise … Read more
Theater review GLENGARRY GLEN ROSS One hour and 45 minutes, with one intermission. At the Palace Theatre, 160 West 47th Street. David Mamet’s classic line “Coffee is for closers only” isn’t actually uttered in his play “Glengarry Glen Ross.” Alec Baldwin says it only in the movie. However, the underpowered revival of the show at the … Read more
Theater review THE PICTURE OF DORIAN GRAY Two hours with no intermission. At the Music Box Theatre, 239 W. 45th Street. What could be more vain than a 15-foot-tall image of an actor’s face onstage glaring at you? How about a high-definition video screen? And not one, but five of them — all for one person? In … Read more
Al Franken is headed back to the White House — well, sort of. The former politician, 73, appears in the new murder mystery series, “The Residence,” and portrays fictional senator Aaron Filkins. The Netflix show hit the streaming platform on Thursday, and follows Detective Cordelia Cupp (Uzo Aduba), who spearheads an investigation after a dead body is … Read more
Here’s the tea — Lipton fans are mad over this madcap marketing stunt. The beverage company caused commotion on Tuesday night after announcing on social media that they were discontinuing their fan-favorite Peach Iced Tea, only to reveal Wednesday morning that it was an early April Fool’s Day prank. “Rest In Peach,” the brand posted … Read more
Theater review PURPOSE Two hours and 50 minutes, with one intermission. At the Hayes Theater, 240 West 44th Street. Plays about families coming home — and coming to blows — are a workhorse of American drama. The dinner-table clashes are reliably entertaining, easy to connect to and, you’d think, totally wrung-out by now. How can … Read more
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“Othello” opens next Sunday on Broadway. But The Post has decided to review the show a week early after the production rescinded critic Johnny Oleksinski’s ticket because he wrote a column blasting their $921 prices. That’s OK. We bought our own. Theater review OTHELLO Two hours and 35 minutes, with one intermission. 243 W. 47th … Read more
Theater review A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE Two hours and 45 minutes with one intermission. At BAM, 651 Fulton Street in Brooklyn, through April 6. Audiences are boarding “A Streetcar Named Desire” — or, rather, a train called Q — in droves to experience “Gladiator II” star Paul Mescal onstage in Brooklyn. And, as brutish Stanley … Read more
The highest-grossing show on Broadway last week wasn’t any of the big dogs: “Wicked,” “The Lion King” or “Hamilton.” No. 1 wasn’t even a musical. The winner was “Othello” starring Denzel Washington and Jake Gyllenhaal, which sold a mammoth $2.63 million in tickets last week over just seven performances. Denzel Washington and Jake Gyllenhaal’s play … Read more
They’ve got the beet. A touring orchestra using instruments entirely of vegetables just earned itself a world record. The Vegetable Orchestra, which only plays instruments that are carved out of vegetables, earned a Guinness World Record for the most concerts by a vegetable orchestra. The 11-piece orchestra, formed in Vienna, Austria, in 1998, has performed a … Read more
Kieran Culkin joked that he once landed a role because of how well he mimed a blow job during an audition. The “Succession” star, 42, recalled the intimate details of the casting on the Dec. 13 episode of “The Graham Norton Show.” Appearing alongside actors Daniel Craig, 56, Nicola Coughlan, 37, and his “A Real … Read more
Politics even plays a role in who trusts sponsored advertisements online. A new study published by Alexander Davidson, Associate Professor of Marketing at Wayne State University, found that conservatives are more likely to click sponsored search results than liberals which stems from their fundamental trust in the marketplace. To get the results, Davidson first examined … Read more
Test your knowledge, for never was a quiz of more woe than this of Juliet and her Romeo. Source link #Romeo #Juliet #Quiz #Test #Knowledge #Plays #Movies
She went from the Marines to the mob. Tatiana Zappardino plays a Mafia princess in “Tulsa King,” but in real life, is a former Marine lieutenant. The actress, who stars as Tina, the daughter of Sylvester Stallone’s character, Dwight, a New York Mafia capo exiled to Oklahoma, said her veteran status helped her land the role. … Read more