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2016: The Best and Worst

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unknownTHE BEST OF 2016

I would like to offer my list of the TOP TEN BEST PLAYS and the TOP FIVE WORST PLAYS that I saw in 2016.  This year I was able to take in 49 plays – and I assure you that my list is totally unlike ANY of the various people that review NYC theatre.  Please do click on the title of the following plays to read the full review

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2 💉💉 Rating, Broadway

les Liaisons Dangereuses

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119414les Liaisons Dangereuses
Written by Christopher Hampton  Directed by Josie Rourke
Booth Theatre
December 30, 2016
Production website
💉💉 out of 5.

I experienced something in this show that I have never experienced (or at least in my memory – and certainly not in a Broadway show) – – I never knew it was over.  The final card playing scene of the play was happening and then there was a pause in the talk and then the lights went out and the play was over.  I felt like I had experienced some kind of lapse in consciousness.  This moment meant nothing to me.  Continue reading les Liaisons Dangereuses →

3 💉💉💉 Rating, Off-Broadway

Bright Colors and Bold Patterns

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20bright-master768Bright Colors and Bold Patterns
Written and Performed by Drew Droege
Directed by Michael Urie
Barrow Street Theatre
December 23, 2016
Production website
💉💉💉 out of 5.

I am in Palm Springs for a wedding of someone I have only heard of. I am in my mid-twenties and in the prime of my life. An older man – I guess we can call him my boyfriend – brought me along because every party needs some eye candy. I have no interest in attending the wedding, but I am digging the attention I am getting floating around this pool in my impressive tan and speedo. [Okay, this is not me – not me now, not me then, and regretfully, not me ever.]  Continue reading Bright Colors and Bold Patterns →