Rex Reed

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Jonathan Groff as Bobby Darin in Just In Time. Matthew Murphy and Evan ZimmermanClosing out the Broadway season, get ready for spectacular! That’s the word, in my opinion, that best describes Just in Time, the endlessly show-stopping new musical about the late singer-dancer-songwriter-actor Bobby Darin, who lived fast and died at a ridiculously young 37 in 1973—and especially the sensational centerpiece performance by Jonathan Groff in the leading role.

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Floyd Collins, Adam Guettel’s experimental 1996 debut about a man stuck under a rock in a Kentucky cave, is revived at Lincoln Center—complete with carnival barkers, claustrophobia and Jeremy Jordan singing his heart out, mostly while lying motionless. Joan MarcusWhen Stephen Sondheim died, it was the end of a chapter, the farewell to an era, in theatre history. Who, everyone asked, will continue the tradition of the legendary Broadway musical?

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Catherine Deneuve, at 81, might have gained a bit of the dreaded matronly demeanor that comes with maturity, but in my opinion, she’s more beautiful than ever. Her latest film, The President’s Wife, proves it. What a life. She’s worked with most of the great directors from Roman Polanski to Luis Bunuel and Francois Truffaut, had children by Marcello Mastroianni and Roger Vadim, and easily earned the reputation as France’s greatest living star.

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‘A Nice Indian Boy’ balances humor, heartbreak and cultural nuance without pandering. Courtesy of MPRM CommunicationsHow refreshing it is when a small film with a big heart comes along unannounced and captures your affection. A surprise hit across America as well as a popular streaming link, A Nice Indian Boy is a charming feel-good movie about Naveen a9, a gay Indian doctor whose conventional family wants him to make their lives complete by meeting the perfect girl and getting married.

1 month ago | observer.com | Rex Reed

Since the death, at 91, of historic songwriting genius Stephen Sondheim, dozens of concerts, cabaret shows, television specials and Broadway “revues” have honored his memory and celebrated the passion, talent and versatility of his musical heart and soul. The latest contribution to that astounding body of work is Sondheim’s Old Friends, a pleasant if uneven collection of the maestro’s sometimes hollowly directed but nearly always unforgettable repertoire.