All posts by Ryan Leeds
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‘Swing State’ Off-Broadway Review: State of Concern
The new Off-Broadway play "Swing State" serves up a potent warning about America's volatility.
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‘Dracula: A Comedy of Terrors’ Review: Camp Blood
Gordon Greenberg and Steve Rosen's zippy and zany "Dracula: A Comedy of Terrors" hits all the right comic veins.
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‘Titanique’ Off-Broadway Review: Unsinkable
Years after its original conception, a parody of James Cameron's classic, Titanic, continues to tickle Off-Broadway audiences
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‘The Shark is Broken’ Broadway Review: Shark Weak
A theatrical spin on a famous blockbuster film offers strong performances but rarely delves beneath the surface
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‘Back to the Future’ Broadway Review: Bleak Future
Broadway's latest attempt to adapt a classic movie for the stage puts visual excess over actual substance.
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‘The Cottage’ Review: Failed Farce (Broadway)
Females may get the upper hand, but the audience is dealt a deck of duds in the tiresome farce, "The Cottage."
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‘Here Lies Love’ Broadway Review: Murder on the Dance Floor
David Byrne's fabulous Broadway musical revisits the recent, dark past of polarizing Filipino figures.
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‘Triple Threat’ and ‘Just For Us’ Reviews: Two About One
Two solo shows, "Triple Threat" and "Just for Us," are provoking New York audiences with their fresh takes on identity and belonging.
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“Once Upon a One More Time” Review: Spears Fishing
The Britney Spears musical with roots in fairy tales and female empowerment finally finds its way to Broadway.
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‘Grey House’ Review: Hell and Havoc
A new Broadway thriller forces its characters to face transgressions, fears, and regrets from days gone by.
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‘Good Night, Oscar’ Review: High Performance
With 'Good Night, Oscar,' Sean Hayes revives a classic Hollywood personality in the season's most riveting performance.
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‘Summer, 1976’ Review: Bicentennial Buddies
Long-term friendship, with all of its complexity and nuance, is explored in a quaint and quiet new Broadway play, 'Summer, 1976.'
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‘The Thanksgiving Play’ Broadway Review: Stuffing and Asides
Traditional lies and hilarious truths are served in generous portions in a comedy that excoriates American values.
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‘Life of Pi’ Broadway Review: A Divine Life
'Life of Pi' combines puppetry and spectacle with a story that is intellectual, spiritual and deeply philosophical.
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‘Shucked’ Broadway Review: Pure Corn-try
Out queer country artists Brandy Clark and Shane McAnally serve up a heapin' helpin' of corny fun with their musical 'Shucked.'
