Johnny Oleksinski

1 week ago | nypost.com | Johnny Oleksinski

One hour and 45 minutes, with no intermission. At the Booth Theatre, 222 West 45th Street. The loud title of the Broadway play “John Proctor is the Villain” reads like the rare high-school essay that wasn’t written hours before it’s due. It’s a smart and edgy thesis about “The Crucible,” if not exactly a new idea. Yet playwright Kimberly Belflower’s often entertaining, mostly clever, frequently phony dramedy that opened Monday night at the Booth Theatre could have used another draft.

1 week ago | yahoo.com | Johnny Oleksinski

JOHN PROCTOR IS THE VILLAINOne hour and 45 minutes, with no intermission. At the Booth Theatre, 222 West 45th Street. The loud title of the Broadway play “John Proctor is the Villain” reads like the rare high-school essay that wasn’t written hours before it’s due. It’s a smart and edgy thesis about “The Crucible,” if not exactly a new idea.

1 week ago | nypost.com | Johnny Oleksinski

The best part of venturing out into jam-packed Times Square in the busy spring? Venturing inside into a somewhat less jam-packed bar or restaurant for a meal and a martini. With the Tony Awards cut-off fast approaching, 12 new shows open on Broadway this month alone. 9 Twelve new shows open on Broadway this month.

1 week ago | yahoo.com | Johnny Oleksinski

The best part of venturing out into jam-packed Times Square in the busy spring? Venturing inside into a somewhat less jam-packed bar or restaurant for a meal and a martini. With the Tony Awards cut-off fast approaching, 12 new shows open on Broadway this month alone. Twelve new shows open on Broadway this month. Stephen YangI’m at the theater most nights during the peak season, and so these eateries become my second office — albeit an office that serves booze and charges me to be there.

1 week ago | nypost.com | Johnny Oleksinski

Two hours and 30 minutes, with one intermission. At the Imperial Theatre, 249 West 45th Street. “Let’s Be Bad” is a song from the Broadway musical “Smash.” It is also the production’s motto. The total absence of taste begins before you even enter the theater, with the title emblazoned on the marquee. Last I checked, the NBC TV series that inspired the rancid show that opened Thursday night at the Imperial was canceled after two seasons because critics and audiences rightly abandoned it.