Rose Gregorio, who received a Tony nomination for her performance as the browbeaten daughter of Geraldine Fitzgerald’s declining old woman in the Pulitzer Prize-winning drama The Shadow Box, has died. She was 97.
Gregorio died Aug. 17 of natural causes in her Greenwich Village home, her nephew Robert Grosbard told The Hollywood Reporter.
Gregorio was married to Belgium-born stage and film director Ulu Grosbard from 1965 until his death in 2012, and she appeared for him as the ex-wife of Dustin Hoffman’s character in Who Is Harry Kellerman and Why Is He Saying Those Terrible Things About Me? (1971); as a local madam in True Confessions (1981); and as the mother of Treat Williams’ character in The Deep End of the Ocean (1999).
On television, she had a recurring role on NBC’s ER as Nurse Carol Hathaway’s (Julianna Margulies) mom from 1996-99.
Gregorio also landed a Drama Desk nom and a Clarence Derwent...
Gregorio died Aug. 17 of natural causes in her Greenwich Village home, her nephew Robert Grosbard told The Hollywood Reporter.
Gregorio was married to Belgium-born stage and film director Ulu Grosbard from 1965 until his death in 2012, and she appeared for him as the ex-wife of Dustin Hoffman’s character in Who Is Harry Kellerman and Why Is He Saying Those Terrible Things About Me? (1971); as a local madam in True Confessions (1981); and as the mother of Treat Williams’ character in The Deep End of the Ocean (1999).
On television, she had a recurring role on NBC’s ER as Nurse Carol Hathaway’s (Julianna Margulies) mom from 1996-99.
Gregorio also landed a Drama Desk nom and a Clarence Derwent...
- 9/21/2023
- by Mike Barnes
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Robert Patrick, the prolific playwright and onetime roommate of Lanford Wilson best known for the drama Kennedy’s Children, which starred Shirley Knight in a Tony-winning performance, has died. He was 85.
Patrick died in his sleep Sunday at his home in Los Angeles, Jason Jenn, his caregiver and longtime friend and associate, announced.
Patrick got his start at the West Village off-off-Broadway venue Caffe Cino and worked at the La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club, and more than 300 productions of his plays were staged in New York in the 1960s.
Patrick started writing Kennedy’s Children — set in a bar on New York’s Lower East Side on Valentine’s Day — in 1968 and finished it four years later. He premiered it off-Broadway at Playwrights Horizon to little attention before taking it to London, where it played in a pub and then the West End, was directed by Clive Donner and became a sensation.
Patrick died in his sleep Sunday at his home in Los Angeles, Jason Jenn, his caregiver and longtime friend and associate, announced.
Patrick got his start at the West Village off-off-Broadway venue Caffe Cino and worked at the La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club, and more than 300 productions of his plays were staged in New York in the 1960s.
Patrick started writing Kennedy’s Children — set in a bar on New York’s Lower East Side on Valentine’s Day — in 1968 and finished it four years later. He premiered it off-Broadway at Playwrights Horizon to little attention before taking it to London, where it played in a pub and then the West End, was directed by Clive Donner and became a sensation.
- 4/25/2023
- by Mike Barnes
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Songwriter, composer, producer and arranger Burt Bacharach, a dominant force in American popular music for half a century, died of natural causes in Los Angeles on Wednesday. He was 94.
Bacharach’s publicist Tina Brausam revealed the news on Thursday.
As a tunesmith, the nonpareil melodist Bacharach found fame in every medium.
His songs — many of them written with lyricist Hal David — became chart-topping successes, particularly in the hands of vocalist Dionne Warwick. Among ’60s songwriting duos, only Lennon-McCartney rivaled Bacharach-David in terms of commercial and artistic achievement. Bacharach collected six Grammys as a writer, arranger and performer from 1967-2005.
His music was ubiquitous on screens both big and small in the ’60s and ’70s, and he was recognized by the Academy Awards and Golden Globes for his work on “Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid” (1969) and “Arthur” (1981). He collected a 1971 Emmy for a TV recital of his work.
On Broadway,...
Bacharach’s publicist Tina Brausam revealed the news on Thursday.
As a tunesmith, the nonpareil melodist Bacharach found fame in every medium.
His songs — many of them written with lyricist Hal David — became chart-topping successes, particularly in the hands of vocalist Dionne Warwick. Among ’60s songwriting duos, only Lennon-McCartney rivaled Bacharach-David in terms of commercial and artistic achievement. Bacharach collected six Grammys as a writer, arranger and performer from 1967-2005.
His music was ubiquitous on screens both big and small in the ’60s and ’70s, and he was recognized by the Academy Awards and Golden Globes for his work on “Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid” (1969) and “Arthur” (1981). He collected a 1971 Emmy for a TV recital of his work.
On Broadway,...
- 2/9/2023
- by Chris Morris
- Variety Film + TV
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James Rado, co-creator of the groundbreaking hippie musical Hair, which celebrated protest, pot and free love and paved the way for the sound of rock on Broadway, has died. He was 90.
Rado died Tuesday night in New York City of cardio respiratory arrest, according to friend and publicist Merle Frimark.
Hair, which has a story and lyrics by Rado and Gerome Ragni and music by Galt MacDermot, was the first rock musical on Broadway, the first Broadway show to feature full nudity and the first to feature a same-sex kiss.
Hair made possible other rock musicals like Jesus Christ Superstar and Rent. Like Hamilton, it was one of only a handful of Broadway shows in the past few decades to find its songs on the pop charts.
The so-called “American tribal love-rock musical,” had its world premiere at the Public Theater in New...
James Rado, co-creator of the groundbreaking hippie musical Hair, which celebrated protest, pot and free love and paved the way for the sound of rock on Broadway, has died. He was 90.
Rado died Tuesday night in New York City of cardio respiratory arrest, according to friend and publicist Merle Frimark.
Hair, which has a story and lyrics by Rado and Gerome Ragni and music by Galt MacDermot, was the first rock musical on Broadway, the first Broadway show to feature full nudity and the first to feature a same-sex kiss.
Hair made possible other rock musicals like Jesus Christ Superstar and Rent. Like Hamilton, it was one of only a handful of Broadway shows in the past few decades to find its songs on the pop charts.
The so-called “American tribal love-rock musical,” had its world premiere at the Public Theater in New...
- 6/22/2022
- by the Associated Press
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Christmas songs vs Hanukah songs. The Heat Miser makes an appearance. The joys of Stop Motion. Rob loses the button. Kevin does an impression. Hazel wants to sing. Groucho offers some creative consulting. Shelley Winters tries to sing. Lewis Stadlen meets Groucho. Clive Barnes hits a new low. Shelley Winters hits a note. RCA walks away. Tattoo sings a solo.
- 12/20/2017
- by Behind the Curtain
- BroadwayWorld.com
The Clive Barnes Foundation handed out top honors to some of New York City’s finest theater and dance artists today. Hosted at Lincoln Center’s Walter Reade Theatre by Michael Riedel, the seventh annual Clive Barnes Awards were presented in memory of their namesake, a writer and critic who dedicated his life to supporting live performance. Winning the top awards were actor Khris Davis for his luminous performance in “The Royale” at Lincoln Center Theater, and for dance, Indiana Woodward of New York City Ballet. Oscar- and Tony-winning actor Joel Grey presented Davis with his award, while Woodward received hers from Ashley Bouder, the New York City Ballet’s principal dancer. Both honorees are to receive an award of $5,000. Read: The Dancer’s 5-Minute Workout All additional 2017 Clive Barnes Awards finalists, announced in November, won cash prizes. These finalists were actors Timothee Chalamet for “Prodigal Son,” and Juwan Crawley and Nora Shell for “Spamilton,...
- 1/9/2017
- backstage.com
The winners for the sixth annual Clive Barnes Awards were announced Jan. 11 with recognition in the dance category for American Ballet Theatre’s Gabe Stone Shayer, and for Dave Thomas Brown in the theater category for his leading turn in Off-Broadway play, “The Legend of Georgia McBride.” All finalists won a cash prize, while the winners took home $5,000. Tony winner Annaleigh Ashford (“You Can’t Take it With You,” “Sylvia”) and Blakeley White-McGuire (Martha Graham Dance Company) presented the awards at the Walter Reade Theater in Lincoln Center, NYC. Fellow nominees included New York City Ballet dancer Joseph Gordon, Alvin Ailey’s Jacqueline Green, and Abt’s Catherine Hurlin; Brown beat out actors Jack Difalco of “Mercury Fur,” and Sandra Mae Frank, Katie Boeck, and Austin McKenzie of Deaf West’s Broadway production of “Spring Awakening.” Created in honor of the performance critic, Clive Barnes, candidates are selected via a...
- 1/11/2016
- backstage.com
The Clive Barnes Foundation announced Nov. 20 the nominees for its sixth annual Clive Barnes Awards. Broadway revival “Spring Awakening” led the pack with three of its lead actors receiving finalist recognition. Newbies Austin P. McKenzie, who plays Melchior Gabor, as well as Sandra Mae Frank and Katie Boeck—who are nominated together for their turn as Wendla Bergmann—are best theater actor nominees along with Jack Difalco of “Mercury Fur” and Dave Thomas Brown for “The Legend of Georgia McBride.” This year’s four finalists for dance are Catherine Hurlin and Gabe Stone Shayer of American Ballet Theatre, Joseph Gordon of New York City Ballet, and Jacqueline Green of Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater. On Jan. 11, 2016, the awards ceremony will present a $5,000 cash award to one actor and one dancer at Lincoln Center’s Walter Reade Theater. All finalists, chosen each year by a Clive Barnes Foundation selection committee of critics and performers,...
- 11/25/2015
- backstage.com
Rick McKay has shared another video from his trilogy, Broadway The Golden Age. In his words, 'Here is a tribute to my pal Marian Seldes, one of the great actresses of the stage of the last century and well into this one. Marian passed away yesterday, leaving many of us devastated. However, she lived a long, full life and touched many, many people with her work. In her later career she was known variously as Broadway's Quiet Lioness, The First Lady of Broadway, or as theater critic Clive Barnes called her, 'America's theatrical diva for our time.' Check out the tribute video below...
- 8/23/2015
- by Stage Tube
- BroadwayWorld.com
Monty Python’s Terry Jones arrived during a break in the clouds Friday for an Adr session at West La’s The Village, the storied recording studio where the late Robin Williams lent his voice to Jones’ upcoming sci-fi comedy Absolutely Anything shortly before his death this summer.
“One thing we’re grateful to Robin for is he was the first to come on and he stuck with the whole thing,” recalled Jones’ close collaborator Gavin Scott (The Mists of Avalon, Small Soldiers). “The kind of attitude that led him to stick with the project through all its ups and downs, he totally exhibited here. He wanted to make everybody feel good from the engineer to the lady making the coffee. It was very late in the day for him and we didn’t know that, but he was a real mensch.”
Co-scripted over two decades by Jones and Scott,...
“One thing we’re grateful to Robin for is he was the first to come on and he stuck with the whole thing,” recalled Jones’ close collaborator Gavin Scott (The Mists of Avalon, Small Soldiers). “The kind of attitude that led him to stick with the project through all its ups and downs, he totally exhibited here. He wanted to make everybody feel good from the engineer to the lady making the coffee. It was very late in the day for him and we didn’t know that, but he was a real mensch.”
Co-scripted over two decades by Jones and Scott,...
- 12/15/2014
- by Jen Yamato
- Deadline
This year’s fourth annual Clive Barnes Award winners were announced at the Walter Reade Theatre Jan. 6. The prizes were given to Jonny Orsini for his work as the sweet but naive character Ned in “The Nance” (pictured), and the Martha Graham dancer Lloyd Mayor, who performed the role of Achilles in “The Show (Achilles Heels).” Both recipients also received $5,000. Founded by his wife in 2009 to commemorate the life of New York Times theater critic, the Clive Barnes Awards provide nods and cash to two outstanding artists each year. Barnes was known for his knack for discovering young talent—which included Mikhail Baryshnikov and David Mamet—early in their careers, and this award is meant to carry on his legacy. This year’s theater nominees were a vast and talented bunch that included Amber Iman, who played Nina Simone in “Soul Doctor,” Aaron Clifton Moten (“The Flick”), and Phillipa Soo (“Natasha,...
- 1/6/2014
- backstage.com
Susan Stroman and Wendy Whelan are set to host the 2014 Clive Barnes Awards, which will be held on January 6 3pm, at the Walter Reade Theatre. This years' nominees for theatre are Aaron Clifton Moten for his performance in The Flick, Jonny Orsini for his performance in The Nance, Phillipa Soo for her performance in Natasha, Pierre, and the Great Comet of 1812, and Amber Iman for her performance in Soul Doctor. This year's nominees for dance are Talli Jackson Bill T. Jones Arnie Zane Dance Company, Lloyd Mayor Martha Graham Dance Company, Xiaochuan Xie Martha Graham Dance Company, and Calvin Royal IIIAmerican Ballet THeatre.
- 12/17/2013
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
During his tenure as The New York Times’ chief theater critic, Clive Barnes could make or break a performance with one review. Yet his acuity for discovering fresh talent is, perhaps, his most lasting legacy. According to his wife, Valerie Taylor-Barnes, Barnes “could recognize young talent, and he was nearly always right”—including being the first critic to note newcomer Mikhail Baryshnikov and one of the first to embrace the work of David Mamet. Barnes was also a valuable mentor to many young performers who were first learning to navigate the industry. “When he died, I had an enormous amount of letters telling me how much he’d helped and encouraged people at the beginning of their careers,” said Taylor-Barnes. It was in that tradition that, after Barnes’ death in 2008, Taylor-Barnes created the Clive Barnes Foundation, an organization dedicated to the acknowledgement and reward of up-and-coming New York talent in theater and dance.
- 11/13/2013
- backstage.com
New York City’s theater world is home to many awards honoring stage veterans, but the Clive Barnes Award seeks to recognize the accomplishments of theater’s newest stars. With the awards ceremony slated for the Walter Reade Theater at Lincoln Center on Monday, Dec. 10, the 2012 Clive Barnes Award nominees in the acting category include Joaquina Kalukango, Derek Klena, Rob McClure, and Stephen Tyrone Williams. For dance, the contenders are the New York City Ballet’s Lauren Lovette and Steven Melendez, and Dance Theater of Harlem’s Ashley Murphy. The winners will be announced during the ceremony and New York Post theater writer Michael Reidel will serve as host for the evening. This year’s presenters include Paloma Herrera and Frederic Franklin. Named after her late husband, critic and dance writer Clive, Valerie Taylor Barnes formed the Clive Barnes Foundation in 2009. A former Royal Ballet soloist, Taylor Barnes sought to...
- 12/7/2012
- backstage.com
On Monday, December 10th at 230pm, with an audience of 300 in attendance, the winners of the 3rd annual Clive Barnes Awards will be announced. With Michael Reidel serving as host, the presenters this year include Frederic Franklin, Cbe, Paloma Herrera, and Maya Johansen Bernes.The Clive Barnes Foundation have previously announced the nominees for the 2012 Clive Barnes Awards, a distinguished annual honor recognizing the work of young actors and dancers in New York City. This years' nominees for theatre are Joaquina Kalukango for her performance in Signature Theatre Company's production of Katori Hall's Hurt Village, Derek Klena for his performance in Second Stage Theatre's production of Dogfight, directed by Joe Mantello, Rob McClure for his performance in Chaplin, now in performances at the Barrymore Theatre, and Stephen Tyrone Williams for his performance in Signature Theatre Company's production of Athol Fugard's My Children, My Africa. For dance, the nominees...
- 12/7/2012
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
The Clive Barnes Foundation and its Selection Committee have agreed on an impressive list of talented young nominees for the second Clive Barnes Awards. According to the NY Times, this year's nominees in theatre include Joaquina Kalukango Hurt Village Derek Klena Dog Fight Rob McClure Chaplin Stephen Tyrone Williams My Children, My Africa. The dance nominees include Lauren Lovette New York City Ballet Steven Melendez New York Theater Ballet and Ashley Murphy Dance Theater of Harlem.
- 10/16/2012
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
Harvey Fierstein, who won the 1984 Tony Award for writing the book for the musical La Cage Aux Folles, is taking a lead in the show for the very first time. The Tony-winning revival's leads, Kelsey Grammer and Douglas Hodge, are exiting stage left on February 13. Fierstein will replace Hodge in the role of Albin, beginning February 15 at the Longacre Theatre. The producers are zeroing in on Grammer's replacement. The songs are by Jerry Herman and the Terry Johnson won a 2010 Tony for directing, with Lynn Page the choreographer...up and coming actress Nina Arianda was named winner of the first Clive Barnes Awards, as was New York City Ballet dancer Chase Finlay. Arianda was honored for starring alongside Wes Bentley in Venus in Fur. Other finalists for that prize were Jon Michael Hill for Superior Donuts, Kendrick Jones for Scottsboro Boys, and Noah Robbins for Secrets of the Trade. Finalists...
- 11/10/2010
- by MIKE FLEMING
- Deadline
Broadway stars Kendrick Jones and Jon Michael Hill are among nominees for the inaugural Clive Barnes Awards, in honour of the celebrated theatre and dance critic.
The Scottsboro Boys star Jones and Hill of Superior Donuts have been nominated alongside fellow acting newcomers Nina Arianda of Venus in Fur and Noah Robbins of Secrets of the Trade for the prizegiving.
The event honours one winner in the two categories of acting and dance, and the finalists for the latter include Aaron Carr (Keigwin + Company), Hee Seo (American Ballet Theatre) and Leann Underwood (American Ballet Theatre), reports Variety.
The non-profit Clive Barnes Foundation established the ceremony following the death of the famed theatre and dance critic, who died in 2008 at the age of 81.
Barnes' work appeared in the New York Times, the New York Post and many other publications.
His widow, Valerie Taylor Barnes, gathered a "strong-minded panel" to pick finalists for the awards ceremony, which will be held on 9 November at Lincoln Center's Walter Reade Theater.
The Scottsboro Boys star Jones and Hill of Superior Donuts have been nominated alongside fellow acting newcomers Nina Arianda of Venus in Fur and Noah Robbins of Secrets of the Trade for the prizegiving.
The event honours one winner in the two categories of acting and dance, and the finalists for the latter include Aaron Carr (Keigwin + Company), Hee Seo (American Ballet Theatre) and Leann Underwood (American Ballet Theatre), reports Variety.
The non-profit Clive Barnes Foundation established the ceremony following the death of the famed theatre and dance critic, who died in 2008 at the age of 81.
Barnes' work appeared in the New York Times, the New York Post and many other publications.
His widow, Valerie Taylor Barnes, gathered a "strong-minded panel" to pick finalists for the awards ceremony, which will be held on 9 November at Lincoln Center's Walter Reade Theater.
- 10/22/2010
- WENN
Broadway?s most talked about new musical and the biggest Tony Award?-winner in years is coming to the Providence Performing Arts Center. Called ?an unexpected jolt of sudden genius? by the Clive Barnes of the New York Post, Spring Awakening, the 8-time Tony Award?-winning Broadway musical, will play from April 21 ? 26 and is part of the 2008/2009 Citizens Bank Broadway Series.
- 3/11/2009
- BroadwayWorld.com
Dance and theatre critic Clive Barnes has lost his battle with liver cancer, aged 81.
Barnes passed away on Wednesday after experiencing complications relating to the disease, according to his wife Valerie Taylor Barnes.
His critiques reigned in Britain, The New York Times and later the New York Post - where he had worked for the last 31 years as its chief drama and dance critic.
The London-born writer began penning ballet reviews in 1949 for the Oxford University magazine, Isis.
He published his first book, Ballet in Britain Since the War, in 1953 - and would later contribute to other books including Frederick Ashton and His Ballets, Dance Scene U.S.A. and Nureyev.
In 1956, The Daily Express hired him to review dance, theatre, film and television.
Barnes would later move on to write for The Spectator and The Times of London, which hired him as its first full-time dance critic -a post he held for 13 years before he was hired at The New York Times in 1965.
He also wrote the Attitudes column for Dance Magazine from 1989, and contributed to the French magazine Ballet 2000 and British magazine The Stage.
His last review for the New York Post appeared on 31 October, when he celebrated new talent at the American Ballet.
In addition to his wife, Barnes is survived by two children, Chris and Maya, from his second marriage to Patricia Winckley, and two grandchildren.
Barnes passed away on Wednesday after experiencing complications relating to the disease, according to his wife Valerie Taylor Barnes.
His critiques reigned in Britain, The New York Times and later the New York Post - where he had worked for the last 31 years as its chief drama and dance critic.
The London-born writer began penning ballet reviews in 1949 for the Oxford University magazine, Isis.
He published his first book, Ballet in Britain Since the War, in 1953 - and would later contribute to other books including Frederick Ashton and His Ballets, Dance Scene U.S.A. and Nureyev.
In 1956, The Daily Express hired him to review dance, theatre, film and television.
Barnes would later move on to write for The Spectator and The Times of London, which hired him as its first full-time dance critic -a post he held for 13 years before he was hired at The New York Times in 1965.
He also wrote the Attitudes column for Dance Magazine from 1989, and contributed to the French magazine Ballet 2000 and British magazine The Stage.
His last review for the New York Post appeared on 31 October, when he celebrated new talent at the American Ballet.
In addition to his wife, Barnes is survived by two children, Chris and Maya, from his second marriage to Patricia Winckley, and two grandchildren.
- 11/20/2008
- WENN
Katie Holmes' Broadway debut has left New York's tough theatre press battling over whether it loves her or hates her.
Arthur Miller's All My Sons - starring Holmes, John Lithgow, Dianne Wiest and Patrick Wilson - opened at the Big Apple's Schoenfeld Theater on Thursday night.
While anti-Scientology protesters targeted followers Holmes and her husband Cruise outside, the actress' performance left some critics wowed and others unimpressed.
The New York Daily News' Joe Dziemianowicz was won over by the actress' first stint on stage, writing, "Holmes, a TV and film vet, makes a fine Broadway debut. Her rather grand speech pattern takes getting used to, but she seems comfortable and adds a fitting glint of glamour."
But other critics disagreed. The New York Times' Ben Brantley claimed "the neophyte Ms. Holmes" is a "sad casualty" of director Simon McBurney's "high concept approach" to the play.
He adds that "Ms. Holmes delivers most of her lines with meaningful asperity, italicising every word".
And the New York Post's Clive Barnes was similarly unimpressed by the Batman Begins star - and had few compliments for her co-stars.
He writes, "Lithgow starts in a sunny, benign fashion, but eventually finds himself screeching alongside Holmes, looking tough under a glossy wig."...
Arthur Miller's All My Sons - starring Holmes, John Lithgow, Dianne Wiest and Patrick Wilson - opened at the Big Apple's Schoenfeld Theater on Thursday night.
While anti-Scientology protesters targeted followers Holmes and her husband Cruise outside, the actress' performance left some critics wowed and others unimpressed.
The New York Daily News' Joe Dziemianowicz was won over by the actress' first stint on stage, writing, "Holmes, a TV and film vet, makes a fine Broadway debut. Her rather grand speech pattern takes getting used to, but she seems comfortable and adds a fitting glint of glamour."
But other critics disagreed. The New York Times' Ben Brantley claimed "the neophyte Ms. Holmes" is a "sad casualty" of director Simon McBurney's "high concept approach" to the play.
He adds that "Ms. Holmes delivers most of her lines with meaningful asperity, italicising every word".
And the New York Post's Clive Barnes was similarly unimpressed by the Batman Begins star - and had few compliments for her co-stars.
He writes, "Lithgow starts in a sunny, benign fashion, but eventually finds himself screeching alongside Holmes, looking tough under a glossy wig."...
- 10/17/2008
- WENN
Daniel Radcliffe is the toast of Broadway after wowing New York's theatre critics with his opening night performance in Equus.
The Harry Potter star took to Manhattan's Broadhust Theater on Thursday to play Alan Strang, a 17-year-old schoolboy who is obsessed with horses, in Peter Schaffer's play.
Any nerves the 19-year-old had before making his New York stage debut, will be eased by a string of glowing reviews from the city's tough theatrical press.
New York Times' Ben Brantley wrote on Friday, "Daniel Radcliffe steps into a mothball-preserved, off-the-rack part and wears it like a tailor.s delight - that is, a natural fit that allows room to stretch."
New York Post reviewer Clive Barnes adds his own praise: "His acting, beautifully understated and withdrawn, has just the right manner for this horribly mixed-up adolescent."
And The New York Daily News' Joe Dziemianowicz leads his review with the line, "Let's get right to it - Daniel Radcliffe , the marquee man-boy and the reason Equus has trotted back to Broadway. Yes, he's terrific and gives a passionate performance."...
The Harry Potter star took to Manhattan's Broadhust Theater on Thursday to play Alan Strang, a 17-year-old schoolboy who is obsessed with horses, in Peter Schaffer's play.
Any nerves the 19-year-old had before making his New York stage debut, will be eased by a string of glowing reviews from the city's tough theatrical press.
New York Times' Ben Brantley wrote on Friday, "Daniel Radcliffe steps into a mothball-preserved, off-the-rack part and wears it like a tailor.s delight - that is, a natural fit that allows room to stretch."
New York Post reviewer Clive Barnes adds his own praise: "His acting, beautifully understated and withdrawn, has just the right manner for this horribly mixed-up adolescent."
And The New York Daily News' Joe Dziemianowicz leads his review with the line, "Let's get right to it - Daniel Radcliffe , the marquee man-boy and the reason Equus has trotted back to Broadway. Yes, he's terrific and gives a passionate performance."...
- 9/26/2008
- WENN
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