538 stories from Oscar E. Moore
ADMISSION " Never knew much about the author Roald Dahl, let alone how to pronounce his name correctly BUT I was extremely curious to see GIANT a play about him by Mr. Mark Rosenblatt. I hav…
Packed or should I say over-stuffed into two hours and thirty-five minutes with intermission at the Manhattan Theatre Club at the Samuel J. Friedman Theatre on West 47th Street is this 89 pe…
Oh Boy! Buckle up! This is one bumpy/lumpy musical! SMASH " the making of a musical based on Marilyn Monroe called BOMBSHELL with an emphasis on "BOMB" that recently opened at the Imperi…
There's a new girl in town. A fascinating girl. Talent oozing out of every single pore. Sweetly singing or confidently belting with tip-top tapping and stealing our hearts along …
This review will be short. And not very sweet. Be forewarned. If you intend to pay big bucks to see a disappointing, not very charismatic George Clooney endlessly smoking, live a…
SARAH SNOOK is Dorian Gray. And a gaggle of supporting characters in this spellbinding, sophisticated and surprising production of Oscar Wilde's infamous novella, THE PICTURE OF DORIAN G…
To be perfectly clear. Audra, as in McDonald. Starring as Momma Rose, the very determined, very pushy stage mother dreaming of making her daughter June a star in Vaudeville while her…
If only! The bar of excellence has once again been lowered for quality musicals on Broadway. Perhaps I should rephrase by writing "non-musical musicals" for these productions lack th…
I have never been a fan of Sunday.  Especially a Sunday when I am scheduled to review at 3pm a new musical " TAMMY FAYE " that has gotten less than stellar reviews and some bad word of mo…
Attend the tale of Satchmo's wives. Four in all.  For all to see. In this spotty, chaotic production of A WONDERFUL WORLD " the Louis Armstrong musical at STUDIO 54 where a ro…
I don't think that this review will sell many tickets. But with Adam Driver as its star attraction " live and in person, close up and personal " does it matter? I think not. The …
OUR TOWN has a new look. Integrated. Dr. Gibbs and family are black. And fit in just as natural as the white folks next door. The Webbs. Color doesn't matter as we all share …
The less said or written about this latest Lincoln Center catastrophe the better. McNEAL, starring Artificial Intelligence and featuring Robert Downey Jr. making his Broadway debut. …
Did he say he was from New Canaan or New Haven? I really can't remember. It's been quite a long time that I cared to speak to someone while minding my own business sitting on a bench…
 O woe is me! Well…here goes. A mild mannered, mediocre, meandering musical. Music by Mary Rodgers (daughter of Richard Rogers; mother of Adam Guettel " great musical genes inh…
Feeling blue? Down in the dumps?  Have your tickle bones not been tickled lately? The extremely talented and wonderfully funny Cole Escola as Mary Todd Lincoln and company might j…
As we bid a not so fond farewell to the most recent Broadway season with this car wreck of a musical THE GREAT GATSBY we ask ourselves why? Why import a mediocre musical from New Jersey'…
  London, Elizabethan England, 1601 For some, forsooth, I am merely a vagabond " a worthless novelty. I have been accused of wasting my time and the time of others " attempting t…
This a short somewhat strange take of a new and original musical titled LEMPICKA " not a review " that I had cancelled by the PR folks shortly before I was ready to head out to see it as one…
In the land of anything can happen, which could be just about anywhere these days, we begin. Sunlight had started to disappear. A dullness at first. Then grayness. Then little or…
To be perfectly clear this is not GHOSTS by Henrik Ibsen. This is Ibsen's Ghost by Charles Busch infamous Queen of drag who can sometimes, most times be a riot on stage in his many portr…
I have a cousin. She's a mosquito. I am a fly. A reincarnated fly.  Oh, the stories I could tell " this being one of them… Matthew by name.  Our families somehow, som…
So what! So I haven't got any professional experience. Just loads of school stuff. Starring roles, by the way. I keep telling myself over and over it doesn't matter. It d…
There have been many a Christmas tree in my life. Even a Hanukkah Bush. But few were chosen. And so, I take this time to reflect. A very personal view. From the ridiculous " …
Disclaimer #1 I never saw JAWS the movie nor did I ever want to. Disclaimer # 2 I read the script the night before I saw the production at The John Golden Theater on West 45th Street.…
