Michael Brandt is an actor and playwright living in New York City. His one-man show, A Spalding Gray Matter, was produced Off-Broadway by The New Group. E-mail Michael directly with questions or comments at brandtmr@gmail.com.
If, for some reason, someone is reading this to you out loud and didn’t bother to read you the headline, let me give it another shot: if you haven’t seen the movie Inception yet, go away...
If you’ve followed this column with any regularity, you’re aware that I’m spending less and less time here, and that’s intentional. But, I felt that it was important to chime in...
Before I get to the show itself, allow me to register a little complaint. I find this article by Charles Isherwood in the New York Times to be mind-boggling in its lack of awareness.Consider the following scenario...
Yes, the following is going to contain spoilers.If you were a fan of the show and stayed with it for six years, chances are you’ve seen the finale by now. What am I saying? You...
The Kid, a new musical based on the memoir of the same name by columnist Dan Savage, opened on Monday night for The New Group. You may remember that the last musical produced by The New Group was a...
There have been several interesting developments in the world of musicals recently. Here’s a brief recap:Broadway… F@#k Yeah! – The creators of South Park, Trey Parker and Matt Stone, are collaborating with Robert Lopez...
That sound you heard last night was the bomb that Ben Brantley dropped on the heads of the New York theatre community. In case you haven’t seen his review of The Addams Family yet, you can find...
On Wednesday, it was announced that Megan Mullally had abruptly quit the upcoming Roundabout Theatre Company production of Terrence McNally’s Lips Together, Teeth Apart. No reason was given, although it initially appeared to stem from conflict between...
A few weeks ago, I told you the story of the movie Iron Cross, featuring the final performance of Roy Scheider, and how Variety made a negative review of the film disappear in exchange for cash payments.My description of...
Last week, I was seeing a show here in the city and before it started, I was chatting with Alec Baldwin (yes, I know that’s probably the only time in my life I’ll be able to...