538 stories from Oscar E. Moore
I'm pleased as punch and I'd like to take in this production again and again " all the time wondering why it has taken so long for this theatrical jewel to arrive and wondering if Paddy Chay…
Make a date. Take a date. With a friend. A lover. A teenager or person of a certain age who remembers what "musical-comedy" was in its prime. Better yet take someo…
This is not a great one act play. It is a taut and timely play. A play torn from the horrific racial headlines that we read daily.  And see nightly on the news. And so it is p…
Remember the original Gong Show? Mid-70's TV fare? Where amateur talent might be stopped mid-act by the "striking of a large gong" putting an abrupt end to the dubious talent on view…
Finally, a respite from mediocrity. A relief from rap and unrelenting horrible headlines. A Rolaids-like cure for indigestible musicals can be found at the Westside Theatre/Downstair…
At the Golden Theatre, where "An Evening with Mike Nichols and Elaine May" opened 58 years ago, Elaine May – a spry 86 with all her faculties and comic instincts intact – is once…
Undoubtedly those of you interested in the latest openings on and off Broadway have heard all the positive hoopla over the multiple award winning play imported from London " THE FERRYMAN wri…
I would love to report that it doesn't matter if you don't know heads or tails of the rules of SNOOKER " a game similar to billiards (pool) made famous by Paul Newman and Jackie Gleason in t…
Historical dramas can prove to be problematic. To stick to the facts or not, that is the question. In BERNHARDT/HAMLET playwright Teresa Rebeck attempts to straddle the best of both …
In happily-ever-after neon lit Hollywood, circa late 1980's just about anything plausible and implausible can happen, especially in a musical, from this unique perspective " lo…
Ah! Love! What is love but a four letter word? A word much used and oft abused. It can mean a multitude of things and comes in all kinds of combinations and varieties.…
On view at the Helen Hayes Theater is STRAIGHT WHITE MEN written by Young Jean Lee who has the distinction of being the first Asian-American woman to be produced on Broadway. A Second St…
I'll make this short and unfortunately not so sweet. You will most probably leave this most recent reincarnation of this mostly problematic musical humming a few of its wonderful songs (musi…
Dramatists Guild Criticizes Marginalization of Writers at the 2018 Tony Awards by BWW News Desk BroadwayWorld.com Jun. 14, 2018 Tweet Share     Dough Wright, president of the Dr…
Are you up to the challenge? Are you willing to commit both time and that all important commodity, money, into seeing this once in a lifetime theatrical experience? This is a stunner of …
How wise was director Mr. George C. Wolfe in this long night's journey into a bar – to cut it down somewhat, quicken its pace, mine it for its humor and to cast terrific supporting bar…
On April 26, 1977 Studio 54 opened. On April 26, 2018 I attended the new musical based on the life of the most famous Disco Queen that reigned supreme at Studio 54 – Donna Summer &…
After seeing a matinee performance of the sumptuous Lincoln Center Theater revitalized revival of MY FAIR LADY I can only say one thing – that I wish I could have seen it again. Im…
Back to basics. Strong story. Gorgeous melodies. Smart lyrics. Uncomplicated sets. No projections. I've just about had it with projections. Incredibly crea…
Somewhere in the middle or I should say the muddle of the first act of the overly long, much too loud, pulsating and bombastic two act MEAN GIRLS, while being distracted by two twenty-someth…
Like the proverbial old gray mare, A isn't what she used to be. She is worse. A is wealthy and ailing. A is 92 insisting that she is 91. A is disgruntled and demanding…
Sometimes it takes a volcanic eruption to open your eyes to love and sometimes it takes a shower of beach balls to make memorable a rather silly musical. The musical in question i…
An almost perfect alignment of writing, casting, design and direction have resulted in a monumental eight hour, double bill theatrical marathon. It is a fantastical achievement. First pr…
Call me a Mouseketeer. Call me a kid. Call me a boob. Whatever. I am a fan of Disney's new musical FROZEN on Broadway at the St. James Theatre. In the great old tradition…
What would you do? You are happily married with two children (a boy and a girl) and have just given birth to a third – a girl who the doctor has, unfortunately, told you is a "Mong…
