I Am Not Spartacus
We were at a well-respected theater last night and saw a play that was so bad—derivative, insipid, predictable—with horrible writing, mindless directing and, quite rare for this place, amateur acting. (One guy recited lines as if he couldn't wait to
Fences
We had seen August Wilson's Fences on Broadway, and I decided to watch the movie on the ten-hour return flight from Greece. This was, by a distance too large to assign a coherent number, by far the best movie of the
Hidden Figures
After wasting hours on La La Land and Moonlight, we finally watched a terrific movie last night, Hidden Figures. I had been told that this was really the top film, and of the ones I've seen, it's no contest. (Synopsis:
Lights, Camera, Little Action
My wife and I watched four movies over the past couple of days: Moonlight: This won the Oscar for best picture, and I wouldn't even recommend watching it on a 16-hour plane ride unless you needed help sleeping. It's unbearably slow,
The Critic
We just got around to seeing Moonlight, the Oscar winning film, and I found it tedious and self-indulgent. It's as if someone found unfinished notes and published them as a book, not bothering to make connections, meaning, or dramatic tension.
Gabriel Kreuther: Dining Review
When we asked the concierge at the Baccarat for a good pre-theater restaurant we've never tried, she told us there was a terrific French restaurant on West 42nd. A good French restaurant on West 42nd?! Seriously? We're adventurous and wound up
Overdone Smug Conceited Arrogant Revolting: OSCAR
I've been watching the Academy Awards since I was a kid on black and white television, with Bob Hope hosting. I was always in awe of the glamour and good humor. After we were married, my wife and I made
The Mountaintop
Trinity Rep is currently performing The Mountaintop by Katori Hall (directed by Kent Gash). It takes place in a single 100-minute act in the motel room outside of which Martin Luther King was shot on the balcony. It is a
The Wrong Page
I would pay anything to see on stage, together, Nathan Lane, John Slattery, John Goodman, Jefferson Mays, Holland Taylor, Robert Morse, Dann Florek and a gaggle of other fine actors. So I was happy to pay "normal" price for two,
Arcadia
The GAMM theater in Pawtucket, a jewel of a regional acting group, tries and usually succeeds at daring productions. The theater's size (perhaps 150 seats) creates an intimacy. Our front row-center subscription often creates the illusion that we're in the