Slamming doors and plates of sardines were all I could recall from the last time I saw Noises Off, and that’s a good summary of the third Broadway production of Michael Frayn’s slapstick backstage farce about an inept cast putting on a terrible play. There are just two other essential ingredients.
Ugly Lies The Bone Review: Mamie Gummer as an Injured Veteran Helped by Virtual Reality
Ugly Lies The Bone, a new play with Mamie Gummer as a severely injured veteran, recalls the original spirit of the Roundabout Theater, which began 50 years ago in the basement below a supermarket. It’s now an empire, its non-profit status more a legal designation than a helpful description, given its three Broadway theaters, generally […]
Old Times review: Clive Owen in a Pinter puzzle
In the lobby of the theater where Clive Owen is making his Broadway debut in a revival of Harold Pinter’s 1971 Old Times, a t-shirt on sale is printed with the single word “pause.” That’s an inside joke for Pinter fans – which is also a good description for the play itself, although an inside […]
Stoppard’s The Real Thing on Broadway
Tom Stoppard is back on Broadway . His Indian Ink is playing at the Cort Theatre and now the Roundabout has produced his 1982 success The Real Thing as part of its season at the American Airlines Theatre on 42nd Street. The new entry has assembled a stellar cast that includes Ewan McGregor, Maggie Gyllenhaal […]