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‘Proof’ Review: ‘The Bear’ Star Ayo Edebiri Serves Up Transfixing Broadway Debut
You don’t have to come equipped with a knowledge of super-advanced mathematics, or even know what two-plus-two equals, to grasp, from the very start of Thomas Kail’s new revival of David Auburn’s Proof, that Ayo Edebiri, so good on TV’s restaurant drama (or comedy?) The Bear, and the Oscar-winning Don Cheadle are about to make […] More
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‘The Mummy’ Review: Lee Cronin’s Take Fiendish But Not Distinctive
Irish filmmaker Lee Cronin has now revitalized two horror franchises that both deal with the villainous undead. In both Evil Dead Rise and The Mummy, Cronin displays a curiosity for using these tropes to display the rot at the heart of the nuclear family unit. In the former, it was clear that Cronin has taken […] More
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‘The Fear Of 13’ Broadway Review: Adrien Brody And Justice Long Delayed
Adrien Brody and Tessa Thompson make affecting Broadway debuts in The Fear of 13, Lindsey Ferrentino’s based-on-a-true-story play about a falsely accused death row inmate and the woman who loves him from the other side of the bullet-proof glass. Alternately intense and tender, Brody’s Olivier-winning performance, despite some choices that can feel a bit like […] More
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‘Mother Mary’ Review: Pop Star Anne Hathaway And Michaela Coel Find Spiritual Reawakening In David Lowery’s Moody Ode To Madonna And Other Icons
Don’t let the title fool you. Mother Mary is defiantly not the latest in a long line of Hollywood’s biblical epics, but instead an exploration of spirituality and reawakening in the life of a mega-pop star who may be part Beyonce, part Taylor Swift, part Lady Gaga, but certainly mostly an ode to Madonna, or […] More
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‘Titaníque’ Broadway Review: An Unsinkable And Uproarious Musical Parody
Ah, another Broadway musical that positions Tina Turner as a lethal iceberg, a leading man who quotes 20 year old YouTube memes and a time-traveling Céline Dion whose surreal version of a historical tragedy is so much better than the real thing. Dime a dozen, right? Wrong. Titaníque, the outrageously campy musical that puts Dion […] More
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‘Death Of A Salesman’ Broadway Review: Nathan Lane Stars In Blistering Revival
Don’t waste time asking whether we really need another Death of a Salesman, and certainly don’t even begin to question whether Nathan Lane has the dramatic chops to tackle one of American theater’s great tragedies. Yes we do and of course he does. Director Joe Mantello shines a new light on – or, more accurately, […] More
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‘Cats: The Jellicle Ball’ Broadway Review: A Big, Beautiful Memory
An entirely convincing how-to guide in transforming (rescuing, even) well-trod, beloved material (and, yes, the musical that gave us “Memory” is beloved, every bit as much as it is mocked) into something bracing and resplendent, Cats: The Jellicle Ball is that rare thing: A classic stage property reimagined not as stark and gloomy minimalism (see […] More
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‘Becky Shaw’ Broadway Review: A Blind Date Goes Crazy Bad
Seventeen years after being nominated for a Pulitzer Prize, Gina Gionfriddo’s dark, sometimes giddy comedy Becky Shaw finally arrives on Broadway, and noting that it was worth the wait is an understatement none of its brutally honest anti-heroes would make. And if the nearly two-decades-in-the-making arrival meant we had to wait for this excellent cast […] More
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in Ashley Padilla, Donald Trump, Kenan Thompson, Kid Rock, Kristi Noem, Lorne Michaels, NBC, NCAA, Pam Bondi, Politics, Recaps, Reviews, Saturday Night Live, Saturday Night Live cold open, Saturday Night Live UK, SNL
Final Four + Pam Bondi Firing Heats Up ‘SNL’ Cold Open With Rare Wit & Twists
It took a while to get there, but like its newly(ish) launched SNL UK cousin, SNL went for a very political cold open tonight. The skit started out drilling down on NCAA Division I men’s basketball tournament’s Final Four before deftly segueing to the April 2 firing of Pam Bondi. “I made history as the […] More
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‘The Super Mario Galaxy Movie’ Review: An Out-Of-This-World Sequel
Mario, Luigi and friends have leveled up for an out-of-this-world sequel that expands on the Nintendo video game world. In The Super Mario Galaxy Movie, the titular plumber and his brother follow Princess Peach (Anya Taylor-Joy) on an intergalactic adventure to save Princess Rosalina (Brie Larson), who’s been kidnapped by the vengeful Bowser Jr. (Benny […] More
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‘The Drama’ Review: Complications Arise For Zendaya’s And Robert Pattinson’s Perfect Wedding In Kristoffer Borgli’s Smart And Tart Anti-Romcom
The Drama as a title is an understatement in what A24 otherwise seems to be indicating in marketing materials is all about a wedding featuring two big movie stars, Zendaya and Robert Pattinson. On the surface that is exactly what The Drama is all about, but rather than the nuptials and feel good tropes of […] More
