Broadway Bridge and Tunnel Test

The Broadway Bridge and Tunnel Test is our personal and highly opinionated Commuter's Guide to New York theater and cultural events, with an emphasis on Broadway and Off-Broadway theatrical productions. The test is simple: is an event worth the always expensive, time consuming, and too often horrendous struggle to commute to New York City from New Jersey, Long Island, Upstate New York or Connecticut? Only truly great or near-great performances and productions may meet this stiff challenge!

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James Camner is an antiquarian dealer of autographs, manuscripts and printed music and books of Opera, Classical Music, Theater, Dance, and Film, as well as a published author of more than 10 books on the performing arts including "How to Enjoy Opera" (Simon and Schuster), "The Great Opera Stars in Historic Photographs" (Dover), "Stars of American Musical Theater in Historic Photographs" (Dover - with Stanley Appelbaum); was for over 20 years a reviewer for Fanfare Magazine and has written feature articles and reviews for Opera News.

Thursday, May 17, 2007

Talk Radio, a play by Eric Bogosian at the Longacre Theatre, starring Liev Schreiber. "Talk Radio" is indeed all talk, and no substance. Not even the superlative performance of Liev Schreiber, one of the most talented actors of this or any other generation, can make this play remotely interesting. "Talk Radio" is tedious and dated from first to last, with embarrassingly clunky monologues of supporting actors (all of whom are under drawn and uninteresting), and even Schreiber's climatic scene, played with electrifying skill wasn't enough to make the evening worthwhile for us. We had an awful commute into the city of nearly 3 hours by bus. This bummer gets a C- and is only that high for Schreiber. Because Schreiber is so compelling, the play is OK as a last minute theater jaunt if you're already in the city, but for the suffering commuter, anything less than a B- is a failing grade in our Broadway Bridge and Tunnel Test. C-

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