Propwatch: the mop in The Flick
No one selects a mop for its glamour. The mop that appears in the second half of The Flick is dowdier than most – a disconsolate tangle that once a day swabs the stickier … read more
AJBlog: Performance Monkey Published 2016-05-05
When plays became movies
Fifty years ago, A Man for All Seasons and Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? hit big at the box office and tore up the Oscars. Yet both films were screen versions of dead-serious Broadway plays that came out in the same year as the undemanding likes of Fantastic Voyage and Our Man Flint. How could so challenging a pair of movies possibly have gone over with the popcorn set? … read more
AJBlog: About Last Night Published 2016-05-05
So you want to see a show?
Here’s my list of recommended Broadway, off-Broadway, and out-of-town shows, updated weekly. In all cases, I gave these shows favorable reviews (if sometimes qualifiedly so) in The Wall Street Journal when they opened. … read more
AJBlog: About Last Night Published 2016-05-05
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