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133 stories by "Andy Webster"

Jules Feiffer, Acerbic Cartoonist, Writer and Much Else, Dies at 95 by Andy Webster

In his long-running Village Voice comic strip and in his many plays and screenplays, he took delight in skewering politics, relationships and human nature.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 11:24am on January 21, 2025[SHARE]

Review: 'Hello Again,' a Movie Musical Ode to Love and Lust Over Decades by Andy Webster

This film from Tom Gustafson, based on a 1993 Off Broadway show, has a formidable cast of Broadway names but wants for dramatic traction.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 2:42pm on November 7, 2017[SHARE]

Review: Hello, Hodor! A 'Game of Thrones' Musical Spoof by Andy Webster

This spirited riff on the long-running HBO hit displays affection for its subject, tempered with a keen eye for its shortcomings.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 5:18pm on October 16, 2017[SHARE]

Review: Comically Currying the Boss's Favor in 'Enterprise' by Andy Webster

This award-winning kinetic farce by Brian Parks squeezes 45 vignettes into an hour.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 5:04pm on September 14, 2017[SHARE]

Review: Ireland in Four Dimensions, by a Pioneering Playwright by Andy Webster

With "The Suitcase Under the Bed," the Mint Theater Company presents one-acts by Teresa Deevy, a proto-feminist finally receiving her due.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 2:36pm on August 25, 2017[SHARE]

Review: 'Woody Sez' Sings of a Land Not Always Made for You and Me by Andy Webster

The words and tunes that Woody Guthrie, the Dust Bowl troubadour, made famous are at the center of this high-spirited show at the Irish Rep.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 6:06pm on June 15, 2017[SHARE]

Review: 'The Roundabout' Gathers Nervous Rich People on a Not-So-Lazy Saturday by Andy Webster

This revival of J. B. Priestley's 1932 comedy depicts a busy Saturday in the life of a harried, financially imperiled aristocrat.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 5:31pm on May 3, 2017[SHARE]

Review: 'CasablancaBox' Is Looking at You, Kid, Behind the Scenes by Andy Webster

This multimedia production examines the people and backstage dramas that went into the making of "Casablanca" in 1942.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 5:48pm on April 10, 2017[SHARE]

Review: 'Kevin!!!!!,' a Multimedia Sendup of 'Home Alone' by Andy Webster

The show employs video, puppets and action figures, as well as actors, to tell its familiar story, about a boy abandoned by his vacationing family.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 6:04pm on December 15, 2016[SHARE]

Review: 'Crackskull Row,' an Irish Gothic With Masher, Basher and Rasher by Andy Webster

Honor Molloy explores rage, dissolution, sexual perversity and family history with a bleak and penetrating acuity in this play at Origin's 1st Irish Festival.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 5:14pm on September 16, 2016[SHARE]

Review: 'Here I Sit, Broken Hearted,' Answering Nature's Call With Bathroom Humor by Andy Webster

Seth Panitch's play, an hourlong exercise in puerile scatology, is built around men's room graffiti, sight gags and comic riffs.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 5:30pm on June 27, 2016[SHARE]

Review: 'Much Ado About Nothing' Prevails in Bryant Park by Andy Webster

The Drilling Company's brave ensemble, Shakespeare in the Parking Lot, exuded an energy eclipsing the ambient sounds of the city.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 9:10pm on May 29, 2016[SHARE]

Review: In 'Anna Akhmatova,' a Magical Interlude Reconjured by Andy Webster

This music and theater piece at BAM Fisher evokes the historic 1945 night on which the poet Akhmatova stayed up discussing literature and life with Isaiah Berlin.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 7:22pm on April 29, 2016[SHARE]

Review: Exploring Women's Lives in 'When I Was a Girl I Used to Scream and Shout' by Andy Webster

This play, by Sharman Macdonald, rides the waves of a turbulent mother-daughter relationship in a production by Fallen Angels Theater Company.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 6:54pm on April 20, 2016[SHARE]

Review: In 'Tía Julia y el Escribidor,' a Student Is Smitten by Andy Webster

This Caridad Svich adaptation of Mario Vargas Llosa's novel features romance and farce set in 1950s Peru.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 6:30pm on April 5, 2016[SHARE]

Review: 'Straight' Glides Between Sexual Assumptions by Andy Webster

The play, a bisexual romantic triangle at the Acorn Theater that takes on ambivalence, is written by Scott Elmegreen and Drew Fornarola.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 7:07pm on March 2, 2016[SHARE]

Review: 'The White Stag Quadrilogy' Hits the Way Back Machine by Andy Webster

The blustery character Jerry F. Wolfert returns in this sendup of 1970s and '80s Hollywood.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 9:42pm on February 18, 2016[SHARE]

Review: 'Burnished by Grief,' About Living in Close Quarters by Andy Webster

Ellen Maddow's comedy explores the vicissitudes of cheek-by-jowl urban housing.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 6:06pm on January 28, 2016[SHARE]

Review: 'Veritas,' a Play About Harvard's Gay Underground Put on Trial by Andy Webster

At the Cave at St. George's Church in Manhattan, a troupe called the Representatives depicts the secret tribunals of gay students in 1920.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 8:57pm on November 3, 2015[SHARE]

Review: 'The Vast Machine' of Slavery and Injustice, at the Axis Theater by Andy Webster

This play, inspired by "The Slave Ship: A Human History," by Marcus Rediker, brings to life a 19th-century scene of moral and physical conflict.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 5:09pm on October 27, 2015[SHARE]

Review: 'Full House! The Musical!' Lampoons a Ripe Sitcom Target by Andy Webster

This show, at Theater 80 in the East Village, is from the creators of "Bayside! The Musical! The Saved by the Bell Musical Parody!" and stars Perez Hilton.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 12:31pm on October 21, 2015[SHARE]

Review: In 'Unseamly,' a Woman Takes On an Apparel Tycoon by Andy Webster

Oren Safdie's work, about a sexual harassment lawsuit, focuses on memory.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 2:26pm on October 16, 2015[SHARE]

Review: In 'Catch the Butcher,' a Serial Killer Dabbles in Love by Andy Webster

Adam Seidel's serio-comic play at the Cherry Lane Theater mixes romance, absurdism, satire and a touch of "Dexter."

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 7:36pm on October 4, 2015[SHARE]

Review: 'The Taming of the Shrew' Is Given a Self-Reliant Update by Andy Webster

A production by the Drilling Company at Bryant Park has sweetened some of the aftertaste of this play about a husband breaking the will of his hot-tempered wife.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 6:16pm on September 8, 2015[SHARE]

Review: 'Zipper' Stars Patrick Wilson as a Sex Addict by Andy Webster

The film, directed by Mora Stephens, finds a straight-arrow prosecutor with an out-of-control libido.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 9:04pm on August 27, 2015[SHARE]
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