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Elisabeth Vincentelli joined the New York Post as theater critic in February 2009. She previously was arts and entertainment editor at Time Out New York. In the past she's also contributed to publications such as The New York Times, The Village Voice, The Los Angeles Times, Entertainment Weekly, Rolling Stone, The Believer, Slate and Salon. She lives in Park Slope, Brooklyn.
Oh no, not another immersive, sung-through rock musical! But “Murder Ballad” first opened at Manhattan Theatre Club last fall, the same time the Russian-inflected “Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812” had its... May 23, 2013
From TheaterOne of the things that makes Broadway star Laura Benanti so much fun to watch is the discrepancy between her unassuming behavior and what happens when she starts singing. Benanti is one of those gorgeous women — those... May 22, 2013
From TheaterA midlife crisis has devastating consequences in “The Master Builder.” This should surprise no one since the 1892 play is by Henrik Ibsen, a Norwegian not known for rom-coms. But the production that opened last night at... May 21, 2013
From TheaterThe program for “Colin Quinn Unconstitutional” claims the show is “a new comedy.” That’s a bit misleading. Sure, there’s a director (Rebecca A. Trent) and basic staging: a lectern, a kind of balcony for important... May 17, 2013
From TheaterLast fall’s most exciting sensation wasn’t a big Broadway musical but a scrappy outsider sneaking in under the radar. At first glance, “Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812” looked like it had little chance to... May 17, 2013
From TheaterNomi Malone is back! In the 1995 camp classic “Showgirls,” Elizabeth Berkley’s psycho stripper climbed to the topless top of the Strip. Now at long last, Nomi’s made her way to a pole near us in “Showgirls! The Musical!... May 15, 2013
From TheaterImmersive and site-specific shows are hot right now, and “City Council Meeting” hits both of those sweet spots. Devised by Mallory Catlett, Jim Findlay and Aaron Landsman — all regulars on the New York experimental... May 14, 2013
From TheaterBroadway these days is specializing in famous people played by even more famous people: Tom Hanks as the tabloid columnist Mike McAlary, Bette Midler as super-agent Sue Mengers and Holland Taylor as Texas Gov. Ann... May 13, 2013
From TheaterThe last time Philip Seymour Hoffman teamed up with playwright Bob Glaudini, they scored an unlikely hit with 2007’s “Jack Goes Boating” — an affectionate depiction of so-called losers looking for love. Hoffman went on... May 13, 2013
From TheaterLife and showbiz got uncomfortably close in “Bunty Berman Presents . . .,” a likable but overlong new musical set in the demented world of Bollywood movies. As it happened, Erick Avari, the New Group production’s... May 10, 2013
From TheaterAccording to current conventional wisdom, 1936’s “On Your Toes” could never cut it again on Broadway. After all, it features a goofy fun plot, songs by Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart, and lots of dancing — including a... May 10, 2013
From TheaterThere’s no right or wrong way to approach “Old-Fashioned Prostitutes (A True Romance).” Since the late 1960s, Richard Foreman has been creating cryptic, bizarre shows that can be compared only to the other shows he’s... May 08, 2013
From TheaterIt’s not fun being the newbie at a party where the other guests already know each other. You watch them chat about their jobs, laugh at old anecdotes, exchange updates about relationships — and you sit there wondering,... May 07, 2013
From TheaterDrag queens and female impersonators have always had a place in theater. Just look at this year’s Tonys, where several Best Actor nominees — Billy Porter in “Kinky Boots,” Bertie Carvel in “Matilda” and, though briefly,... May 06, 2013
From TheaterIn Mike Bartlett’s off-Broadway hit “Cock” — alternatively titled, for weaker hearts and newspapers, “The Cockfighting Play” — a man couldn’t make up his mind between his boyfriend and his female lover. Bartlett’s new... May 03, 2013
From TheaterThe Transport Group has had great success matching shows with unusual settings — placing the basketball musical “Lysistrata Jones” in an actual gym, letting the gay-male bitch-a-thon “The Boys in the Band” play out in a... May 01, 2013
From TheaterTalk about going out with a bang! Broadway’s ending its season with a sensational revival of “Pippin” — a thrilling piece of eye-popping razzle dazzle filled with daredevil acrobatics. Stephen Schwartz and Roger O.... April 26, 2013
From TheaterFor her first Broadway appearance since “Clams on the Half Shell” 38 years ago, Bette Midler split the difference between playing it safe and taking a risk. Instead of trotting out her hits — like her old accomplice... April 25, 2013
From TheaterFew shows are as deceptively simple as “The Trip to Bountiful.” Horton Foote’s play is about an elderly woman, Carrie Watts, who’s dead set on seeing her childhood home in Bountiful, Texas, one last time. So she gets on... April 24, 2013
From TheaterDavid Byrne and big-beat master Fatboy Slim’s new musical, “Here Lies Love,” owes less to the Great American Songbook than to the disco. With their booming bass and propulsive rhythms, the songs make you want to get up... April 24, 2013
From TheaterThe narrator in Broadway’s “The Testament of Mary” didn’t have the easiest relationship with her late son — she can’t even bring herself to call him by his name. He tended to ignore her and preferred hanging out with... April 23, 2013
From TheaterA word of warning before you sit down for this latest version of “Macbeth” on Broadway: read or reread Shakespeare’s tragedy, or at least the playbill’s synopsis. Because if you’re not familiar with the plot and... April 22, 2013
From TheaterThe climax of “Jekyll & Hyde — The Musical” is the infamous “Confrontation” scene, the peak of the evening-long battle between good Dr. Henry Jekyll and evil Edward Hyde. The trick, of course, is that this is a duet... April 19, 2013
From TheaterConsidering its agitated gestation, it’s amazing how smooth “Orphans” is. During rehearsals, actor Shia LaBeouf had well-publicized — by himself — arguments with co-star Alec Baldwin and director Daniel Sullivan. In... April 19, 2013
From TheaterThe downtown actress Hannah Cabell is a whiz at physical comedy, especially when it’s driven by manic desperation. This comes in handy in Allison Moore’s new play, “Collapse,” in which her character — also named Hannah... April 18, 2013
From TheaterIf you’re a glass-half-full kind of person, you may see Richard Greenberg’s “The Assembled Parties” as warmly catering to the Manhattan Theatre Club’s audience. If your glass is half-empty, you may think it’s pandering... April 18, 2013
From TheaterClifford Odets’ “The Big Knife” is about disillusion and compromise, but it’s not a pity party. Fueled by Odets’ loathing for Hollywood, this hard-boiled 1949 play packs a wallop. At least it does on the page, and on... April 17, 2013
From TheaterIf your public personality is the same as your personal one, you can safely be yourself, right? Not so for Nathan Lane’s character in Broadway’s “The Nance.” His Chauncey Miles, a burlesque performer in 1937 New York,... April 16, 2013
From TheaterHere’s what a $150 orchestra seat gets you at “Motown: The Musical”: bargain-basement sets, basic choreography performed merely adequately, and laughable dialogue. But then there are the songs: thrilling, unimpeachable,... April 15, 2013
From TheaterThe premise of “The Call” is ripped from the headlines — or rather from the parenting chat rooms where some white middle-class couples share their thoughts about adopting kids from Africa. In Tanya Barfield’s new play,... April 15, 2013
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