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Comedy 'Psycho Therapy' aims at rich singles
2/8/2012 4:03:30 PM
AP - "I'm gonna need therapy to get over this therapy," one character remarks in exasperation to another, near the end of Frank Strausser's uneven new comedy "Psycho Therapy."
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'Rx' is stylish, clever satire of drug companies
2/7/2012 7:03:46 PM
AP - A lot of people hate their jobs, but not to worry: there could soon be a pill for that. In the greedy world of pharmaceutical marketing as darkly imagined by playwright Kate Fodor, workplace malaise might become an "eminently treatable" disease with a delightfully lucrative "long-term revenue stream" for the manufacturer of said magical pill.
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Solo living book challenges family life
2/6/2012 2:04:35 PM
AP - "Going Solo" (The Penguin Press), by Eric Klinenberg: Living in families, though traditional and almost universal on this evolving planet, is experiencing an unplanned but effective attack, according to a new book.
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Review: `Catch Me' is riveting thriller
2/6/2012 1:04:06 PM
AP - "Catch Me" (Dutton), by Lisa Gardner: If you knew the exact date and time of your death, what would you do? "Everyone has to die sometime. Be brave."
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Review: Heart-rending tale of life in Mumbai slums
2/6/2012 12:07:32 PM
AP - "Behind the Beautiful Forevers" (Random House), by Katherine Boo: This book should come with a warning — reading it may be hazardous to your rosy view that global capitalism will set the world's billions free from poverty.
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Revival of 'Look Back in Anger' is visceral
2/2/2012 6:55:11 PM
AP - We Americans may have thought we created the Angry Young Man. You know, that volcanic, vital, articulate stud who howls a lot. We've got tons of them, from James Dean and Marlon Brando, to Sean Penn and Holden Caufield.
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Surreal ups and downs in musical 'Ionescopade'
2/2/2012 6:50:01 PM
AP - A fanatically-worshipped leader is eventually revealed to be headless. A pair of clowns singing about hanging onto reality suddenly realize they may have already slipped out of it. An enthusiastic song titled "The Best is Yet To Be," performed with confidence and glee, eventually collapses into whimpering doubt.
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Review: Square gets 'Final Fantasy' back on track
2/2/2012 2:18:02 PM
AP - The "Final Fantasy" franchise, now in its 25th year, has one of the most enthusiastic fan bases in all of video games. And those fans made their voices heard after the 2009 release of "Final Fantasy XIII," which jettisoned some of the series' long-standing features in exchange for a more streamlined, action-packed narrative.
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A family reunion turns sinister in 'Transport'
1/31/2012 10:10:47 AM
AP - Some families have trouble communicating. The immigrant family at the center of Erika Sheffer's "Russian Transport," the latest production from the talented director Scott Elliott at The New Group, is not one of them.
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Leonard Cohen has some new "Old Ideas"- Hallelujah!
1/31/2012 9:35:14 AM
Reuters - Leonard Cohen sold off his song rights some years back, so he apparently doesn't collect royalties for the most hilariously over-covered song in "American Idol" history. That's bad for him, but good for us, since being cash-poor prompted the 70-something singer to come out of semi-retirement and return to the road in the late 2000s -- which, in turn, ultimately spurred the recording of "Old Ideas," his first studio album in eight years.
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At City Ballet, a choreographer's happy homecoming
1/30/2012 4:38:16 PM
AP - At the end of the all-Christopher Wheeldon evening at New York City Ballet this weekend, the choreographer came out alone for a curtain call. The crowd stood and cheered. It would have been a rare moment for any choreographer, let alone one who isn't yet 40.
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Review: Landay's legal thriller rings true
1/30/2012 11:17:02 AM
AP - "Defending Jacob" (Delacorte Press), by William Landay: An assistant district attorney receives a case that will change his life in William Landay's "Defending Jacob."
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Review: `Helpless' is deeply puzzling thriller
1/30/2012 10:15:15 AM
AP - "Helpless" (Kensington), by Daniel Palmer: A divorced father with a teenage daughter finds himself plunged into a suburban nightmare in Daniel Palmer's "Helpless."
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The Gob Squad go back to the 1960s in new show
1/24/2012 5:53:22 PM
AP - Can a modern-day troupe of European performance artists capture the ennui of privileged, avant-garde artistes and hangers-on during a hot New York City summer in 1965, in the midst of social upheaval that included civil rights violence, anti-Vietnam War anger and rising feminist outrage?
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