movie review Fallen Angels One hour and 30 minutes with no intermission. At the Todd Haimes Theatre, 227 W. 42nd Street. There’s not much more to “Fallen Angels,” Noël Coward’s rice-paper-thin 1925 comedy, than two sex-crazed women getting wasted. That brief synopsis alone probably just sent a bunch of you racing to the box office … Read more
Theater review PROOF 2 hours and 30 minutes, with one intermission. At the Booth Theatre, 222 W. 45th Street. Just one piece of the first Broadway revival of David Auburn’s most famous play answers the question “What exactly is ‘Proof’ + 26 years?” That’s Ayo Edebiri, the ubiquitous actress from FX’s “The Bear” who plays … Read more
Theater review DEATH OF A SALESMAN 2 hours and 50 minutes, with one intermission. At the Winter Garden Theatre, 1634 Broadway. The vast stage of the Winter Garden Theatre is grimier than usual. The boards are covered in mounds of dirt and dust, and tiles have fallen off the pillars. Dingy and in disrepair, the … Read more
It’s a “Wicked” reunion. Ariana Grande and Jonathan Bailey are set to appear in a revival of “Sunday in the Park with George.” The pair, who most recently starred together as Glinda and Prince Fiyero in “Wicked: For Good,” appeared to confirm their upcoming project in a joint Instagram post from the Art Institute of … Read more
Malcolm is back — and he’s bringing chaos with him. The first teaser for the “Malcolm in the Middle” revival series, officially titled “Malcolm in the Middle: Life’s Still Unfair,” was released Monday, featuring Frankie Muniz as his now-grown up child prodigy character, Malcolm. “My life is fantastic now,” Muniz’s Malcolm says in Disney’s 40-second … Read more
Family reunion — minus one. Erik Per Sullivan decided not to reprise his role as Dewey in the upcoming “Malcolm in the Middle” revival, which didn’t come as a shock to his former TV brother, Frankie Muniz. “He’s very happy in the life that he’s created outside of the entertainment world,” Muniz, 39, exclusively told … Read more
Theater review CHESS Two hours and 45 minutes with one intermission. <br>At the Imperial Theatre, 249 W. 45th St. By the time the curtain rises at the Imperial Theatre, the revival of “Chess” has already given up. The set, such as it is, is revealed to be a semicircle of metal stairs and platforms, on … Read more
The humble Jell-O salad and its savory ancestor, aspic, are shaking up American kitchens and even getting a glossy, fine-dining revival. Aspic originally began in medieval kitchens as a way to preserve meat using collagen-rich broths that solidified into savory jelly; it later evolved into a mid-century American status symbol, thanks to pastel Jell-O molds. But by … Read more
You’re not the boss of me. On Thursday, Frankie Muniz, 39, shared a photo of the long-anticipated “Malcolm in the Middle” revival. “I was told not to post this yet, but then I remembered the theme song. I’m just too excited for y’all to see the new episodes and I miss my brothers,” Muniz wrote … Read more
Theater review RAGTIME 2 hours and 45 minutes, with one intermission. At the Vivian Beaumont Theater, 150 W. 65th St. When massive musicals are downsized, the typical argument in favor of the choice is that fewer sets and dazzling doodads put the focus squarely on the music, lyrics and story. That’s certainly true of the latest … Read more
Dawson may cry again. “Dawson’s Creek” aired on The WB from 1998 to 2003, created by Kevin Williamson – and in this age of endless spinoffs and reboots, it’s possible that it could come back. “Not in television form. I think there’s other ways that [a ‘Dawson’s Creek’ revival] can come to fruition,” Williamson, 60, … Read more
New York Post may be compensated and/or receive an affiliate commission if you click or buy through our links. Featured pricing is subject to change. One week after the death of the family patriarch, the Robertson family is back on TV in “Duck Dynasty: The Revival.” The revival series is a sequel to “Duck Dynasty,” … Read more
Jonas as a “mahvelous novelist” is a bit of a stretch, however. Jonas as a Jew — and not just a Jew but one who affects a Yiddish accent to sing his demented version of a shtetl folk tale — is even more of one. “The Schmuel Song,” as the shtetl number is called, is … 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
Ronald Chammah, who owns a pair of small cinemas on the Left Bank of Paris, remembers well the grim days in 2022, when he wondered whether the French passion for moviegoing — a pastime that France invented 130 years ago — had been irreparably diminished by pandemic lockdowns. But that was then. On a recent … Read more
Theater review GYPSY Three hours, with one intermission. At the Majestic Theatre, <br>245 W. 44th St. “Gypsy” is, by the estimation of many — including me — the greatest musical ever written. But you wouldn’t know it from the slow and unsteady revival starring Audra McDonald that opened Thursday at the Majestic Theatre. The quintessentially … Read more
Here’s the story of a lovely lady … Susan Olsen, 63, who played the youngest Brady child, Cindy, in “The Brady Bunch,” claimed that the show was planning to do a revival that got axed because of “cancel culture” and “woke Hollywood.” During a recent podcast interview on the “WalkAway Campaign,” she said that her … Read more
Yes, it’s a revival of a 31-year-old musical that’s based on a 74-year-old black-and-white movie. And both are as fuzzily remembered by young audiences as the main character, Norma Desmond, is by cruel Hollywood. Theater review SUNSET BOULEVARD 2 hours and 35 minutes with one intermission. At the St. James Theatre, 246 West 44th Street. … Read more
The new Broadway revival of “Our Town,” which opened Thursday night at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre, puts all its chips on “Our.” Theater review OUR TOWN One hour and 45 minutes, with no intermission. At the Ethel Barrymore Theatre, 243 W 47th Street. Its cast is more diverse than any production of Thornton Wilder’s classic … Read more
From the hospital to the police station. “Scrubs” actress Judy Reyes co-stars in the new drama “High Potential,” premiering Tuesday, Sept. 17 on ABC (10 p.m. ET). “The show was really funny and interesting to me; the whole idea of this mother of three who’s got this ridiculously high IQ, but is too smart for … Read more