- 5/7/13 /
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Alec Baldwin Sure Does Hate Ben Brantley
"Brantley is viewed as some odd, shriveled, bitter Dickensian clerk."
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- 12/8/11 /
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Ben Brantley: Hugh Jackman Acts Like ‘a Flaming Queen’ in His One-Man Show
Plus, he's "the bi-est guy in town."
- 12/2/11 /
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Go Backstage With Very Funny Broadway Actor Rob Bartlett
If you thought theater actors took themselves too seriously, let Bartlett's absurd, messed-up zingers BLOW YOUR MIND.
- 1/25/10 /
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So, Did the Times Theater Critic Tear Scarlett Johansson a New One?
Well, he began by talking about the "seeming effortlessness" of her work. This could go either way!
- 12/14/09 /
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Ben Brantley: Celebrity Underminer
The 'Times' theater critic has reviewing movie stars on Broadway down to a formula.
- 10/16/09 /
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Bye Bye Birdie an Ear-Slapping Bad Time, Raves Ben Brantley
John Stamos's and Gina Gershon's singing tends "to slide distractingly off key ... enough to make you want to hit your ear," he says.
- 1/27/09 /
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Ben Brantley Just Thrilled About Jeremy Piven’s Mercury Poisoning
Brantley: 'Is it too late to send a thank you note to Jeremy Piven?'
- 1/7/09 /
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Josh Brolin Mooned Ben Brantley
Oh, to be a 'Times' theater critic!
- 6/24/08 /
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Downpression! Where Are All the Reggae Musicals?
A London musical of 'The Harder They Come' makes us hope for a New York transfer.
- 5/8/08 /
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Does Everyone Except Ben Brantley Hate ‘Top Girls’?
The Caryl Churchill play gets a rave in today's 'Times,' but audiences may have another thing to say.
- 5/2/08 /
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Laura Linney Cast Aside in ‘Times’ Review of ‘Les Liaisons’
Ben Brantley declares Ben Daniels the star of 'Les Liaisons Dangereuses,' much to our surprise.
- 3/28/08 /
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‘Gypsy’: Ben Brantley Eats His Hat
It's not often that you go into opening night already knowing that both critics for the 'Times' are already on record as disliking your show.
- 12/4/07 /
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Ben Brantley Gives Aaron Sorkin the Most Patronizing Review Ever?
- 9/14/07 /
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Ian McKellen Strips Down in 'King Lear'
- 5/3/07 /
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