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THE SKED SERIES FINALE REVIEW: “Smash”

Nothing ever came up roses for SMASH, and tonight, after two misbegotten NBC seasons, on a holiday weekend buried against reruns and NASCAR, the show’s Broadway curtain came down for the last time. The saddest th...

by Mitch Salem

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BROADWAY JOURNAL; “Catch Me If You Can”

>Steven Spielberg week on Broadway continues: after War Horse, the director’s next film, we have CATCH ME IF YOU CAN, based on his 2002 comedy-drama (that film was written by Jeff Nathanson). Spielberg&#...

by Mitch Salem

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SHOWBUZZDAILY BROADWAY JOURNAL: “Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark”

> Haven’t all the jokes been made? In the history of Broadway, there may never have been a show as relentlessly ridiculed as SPIDER-MAN: TURN OFF THE DARK. At this point, it may be that the only interest...

by Mitch Salem

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SHOWBUZZDAILY Toronto Film Festival Reviews: “The Humans,” “The Electrical Life of Louis Wain” & “The Wheel”

THE HUMANS (A24/Showtime – Nov. 24): There are typically two strategies for adapting a celebrated play about a small number of people in a limited space to the screen. One is to “open it up,” adding...

by Mitch Salem

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THE SKED REVIEW: THE TONY AWARDS

Even the acceptance speeches are classier on THE TONY AWARDS. Tonight’s telecast featured a eloquent salute to “All those who say ‘Yes'” in the name of theatre from the lead producer of Best Play winne...

by Mitch Salem

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SHOWBUZZDAILY BROADWAY JOURNAL: “How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying”

> Few things bring audiences as much joy as the sight of a well-known actor or actress revealing a side of their talent that’s never been seen before. (It’s not just general audiences, either–those roles...

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SHOWBUZZDAILY NY THEATRE JOURNAL: “Venus In Fur”

> VENUS IN FUR exists, at this point in its Broadway life, as two overlapping but not identical entities: it’s a deft new play by David Ives, but also, and more prominently, it’s become the Star-Is-Born vehicl...

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THE SKED PILOT REPORT: PREMIERING TONIGHT – “Smash”

> Disclaimer: Network pilots now in circulation are not necessarily in the form that will air in the Fall. Pilots are often reedited and rescored, and in some cases even recast or reshot. So these critiques sh...

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BROADWAY JOURNAL: “Anything Goes”

> Once there was a time when Broadway musicals didn’t have to say anything about society, politics, art, literature, or really much of anything. They were exercises in style, excuses for glamorous people to get up o...

by Mitch Salem

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THE SKED SERIES FINALE REVIEW: “Smash”

BROADWAY JOURNAL; “Catch Me If You Can”

SHOWBUZZDAILY BROADWAY JOURNAL: “Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark”

SHOWBUZZDAILY Toronto Film Festival Reviews: “The Humans,” “The Electrical Life of Louis Wain” & “The Wheel”

THE SKED REVIEW: THE TONY AWARDS

SHOWBUZZDAILY BROADWAY JOURNAL: “How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying”

SHOWBUZZDAILY NY THEATRE JOURNAL: “Venus In Fur”

THE SKED PILOT REPORT: PREMIERING TONIGHT – “Smash”

BROADWAY JOURNAL: “Anything Goes”

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