Maybe Happy Ending is now open at the Belasco Theatre. By Elazar Abrahams In an age where Broadway is dominated by adaptations and jukebox musicals, Maybe Happy Ending is a rare occurrence — a truly […]
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Sunset Boulevard & The Substance: The Aging of Hollywood’s Women
By Elazar Abrahams In composer Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Sunset Boulevard, aging movie star Norma Desmond sings wistfully about the career comeback she so desperately craves. “With one look, I’ll ignite a blaze, I’ll return to […]
Piece by Piece – Review
Piece by Piece snaps into theaters on October 11. By Alex Fischer Piece by Piece is a new musical biopic about hip-hop star and producer Pharrell Williams. It is also, strangely, a Lego movie. In […]
Shooting Slapstick: Singin’ in the Rain
By Elazar Abrahams Last night, I rewatched Singin’ in the Rain, a film that just gets richer and richer with each viewing. While the titular number is so iconic, and I’ve been humming “All I […]
The Notebook The Musical
The Notebook officially opens tonight at the Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre. By Elazar Abrahams It’s hard to put into words just how strongly I’ve been yearning for a good piece of commercial theater. Season after season, […]
FIVE: The Parody Musical
FIVE: The Parody Musical runs through March 10 at Theater 555. By Rachel M. If you’re one of the many of us who can’t believe we are headed towards an election where Donald Trump will […]
10th Anniversary of the Into the Woods Film at the NYPL
By Elazar Abrahams When I heard that the New York Public Library was hosting an event celebrating the 10th anniversary of the film adaptation of Into the Woods, I knew I had to be in […]
Mean Girls (2024) – Review
Mean Girls hits theaters everywhere on January 12. By Elazar Abrahams This is less a standard, professional review of the new Mean Girls than it is a loose rant of the ways in which it […]
The 5 Most Anticipated Theater Productions of 2024
By Elazar Abrahams January is here, which means it’s time to speculate about the pop culture year ahead. What has the potential to be good? What’s going to bomb hard? Who will Chicago stunt cast […]
The 5 Most Anticipated Movies of 2024
By Elazar Abrahams January is here, which means it’s time to speculate about the pop culture year ahead. What has the potential to be good? What’s going to bomb hard? Will Godzilla and Kong have […]
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