Cindy Pierre

ANOTHER MOVIE FINDS ITS WAY TO BROADWAY In 2003, Elf, a delightful Christmas comedy with dark undertones – about the adventures of an overgrown elf that discovers that he’s actually a human – was released in movie theaters to critical acclaim. Â  Now on Broadway, the musical version of Elf is a sugared down version of…

I’VE SEEN BUBBLY PERSONALITIES BEFORE, BUT THIS IS ’¦ FUN AS HELL! They float, they glisten, they inspire wonder, and their explosion on your nose leaves a fresh sheen of sweetness behind. Â  Yep, they’re bubbles, and in Deni Yang’s Gazillion Bubble Show: The Next Generation, he wields them to create the best anger management course…

TO GIVE BIRTH OR NOT TO GIVE BIRTH? When it comes to family trees, there are those that we’d sooner shake out of there than pluck. Â  These days, you can make that statement with science! Presented by Red Fern Theatre Company, an organization that partners with a philanthropy with each new production, Dorothy Fortenberry’s Good…

IT’S GOOD TO BE THE PRESIDENT Do you want fearless? Â  Decadent? Devil-may-care? Â  Then look no further than the musical Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson, a thrilling collaboration between book writer Alex Timbers and composer and lyricist Michael Friedman. Â  In it, Andrew Jackson’s rise to, and maintenance of, the presidency is as sexy and as raw as…

A CRITIC’S CRITIQUE OF CRITICISM A critic’s words can sting like a wasp or soothe like a balm. When it stings, a bad review can turn the tables on the critic and make him or her the target of hate mail, death wishes, and even physical harm. Â  Critic Joanne Sydney Lessner’s farcical Critical Mass takes…

VINTAGE MAMET LACKS ROBUST FLAVOR Last year, T.R. Knight left a lucrative TV role on the high profile Grey’s Anatomy because he wasn’t fulfilled as an actor. Â  The world has been waiting to see if he’ll fall flat on his face ever since. Â  David Mamet’s unsatisfying A Life in the Theatre may not be the…

BE UNAFRAID … BE VERY UNAFRAID No, the spooky kid from Nightmare: Superstitions‘ print ad campaign isn’t part of the installation, but almost every out-of-respectable-work actor is. The latest creation from the demented mind of Timothy Haskell, the 7th in a series of haunted houses, may be AOL Cityguide’s No. 1 rated haunted attraction in…

A MUSICAL TO WATCH OUT FOR NOTE: This review is based upon an invitation-only event that took place in New York City on June 29 and 30; bigger plans are in the works. CBGBs is dead. Â  The music club rocked the Bowery with acts like Blondie, Talking Heads, and the Patti Smith Group for over…