{"id":438575,"date":"2022-04-28T05:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-04-28T02:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/billy-crystal-brings-yuks-to-broadway\/"},"modified":"2022-04-28T05:00:00","modified_gmt":"2022-04-28T02:00:00","slug":"billy-crystal-brings-yuks-to-broadway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/billy-crystal-brings-yuks-to-broadway\/","title":{"rendered":"#Billy Crystal brings yuks to Broadway"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a22c2985570f\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a22c2985570f\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/billy-crystal-brings-yuks-to-broadway\/#%E2%80%9CBilly_Crystal_brings_yuks_to_Broadway%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Billy Crystal brings yuks to Broadway&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CBilly_Crystal_brings_yuks_to_Broadway%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Billy Crystal brings yuks to Broadway&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<p>The Borscht Belt is alive and kvell on Broadway.<\/p>\n<p>Over at the Nederlander Theatre is Billy Crystal\u2019s joke-stuffed new musical \u201cMr. Saturday Night,\u201d which opened Wednesday and puts the followspot on old-school yuks. Hearty laughs. The glorious punchlines that have eluded most new musicals are here knocked outta the park by a master.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"inline-module inline-module--review alignleft\">\n<div class=\"inline-module__inner\">\n        <span class=\"inline-module--review__eyebrow widget-heading-semi__label\"><br \/>\n            Theater review      <\/span><\/p>\n<p>        Two and a half hours, with one intermission. At the Nederlander Theatre, &lt;br&gt;208 W. 41st St.\n    <\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>I\u2019ll have what Billy\u2019s having. The 74-year-old actor is in tremendous form and the generous showman persona we love him for, not to mention his god-like timing, is allowed to go bananas. He\u2019s made some dud films lately, but this is Crystal reliving his \u201cWhen Harry Met Sally\u201d prime.<\/p>\n<p>Crystal\u2019s musical, which he\u2019s written the book for alongside Lowell Ganz and Babaloo Mandel, is based on one of his lesser films, 1992\u2019s \u201cMr. Saturday Night,\u201d which got mixed reviews back then. The story of a TV comedy has-been\u2019s attempt at a comeback moves gracefully to the stage, and comes at a more <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ropriate time in the actor\u2019s life.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/mr-saturday-night-broadway-3.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Buddy (Billy Crystal) pals around with his friends from the old days, played by Jordan Gelber, Brian Gonzales and Mylinda Hull.\" class=\"wp-image-22058439\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/mr-saturday-night-broadway-3.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/mr-saturday-night-broadway-3.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/mr-saturday-night-broadway-3.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Buddy (Billy Crystal) pals around with his friends from the old days, played by Jordan Gelber, Mylinda Hull and Brian Gonzales.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Matthew Murphy<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Thirty years older and wiser, he still plays Buddy Young, a faded comedy legend of a long-gone black-and-white show called the \u201cColeman Comedy Hour\u201d who was blackballed after a mental breakdown. Now he does depressing morning stand-up gigs at retirement homes. One of his go-to gags: \u201cMoses called. He said you were a good f \u2013 \u2013 k!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>One night, while watching the Emmys with his supportive wife Elaine (Randy Graff), he spots his own mug during the \u201cIn Memoriam.\u201d And the next morning, he goes on a career revitalizing \u201cI\u2019m not dead!\u201d press tour.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Buddy\u2019s new notoriety forces him to confront bitter family conflicts. Crystal has brought back his movie co-star David Paymer, who got an Oscar nod for playing Buddy\u2019s estranged brother Stan. He\u2019s\u00a0once again tender and terrific. Stan doubled as Buddy\u2019s manager, and they weren\u2019t speaking until Stan thought his bro was kaput. The Emmys\u2019 screwup brings them together.<\/p>\n<p>The talented singer Shoshana Bean is frenzied and upset as Buddy\u2019s daughter Susan, who resents her pop\u2019s self-absorption. The role is larger than it needs to be, but eventually wraps the show in a touching bow.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/mr-saturday-night-broadway-2.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"We see flashbacks to Buddy's early days as a stand-up comic at a Catskills resort. \" class=\"wp-image-22058493\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/mr-saturday-night-broadway-2.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/mr-saturday-night-broadway-2.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/mr-saturday-night-broadway-2.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>We see flashbacks to Buddy\u2019s early days as a stand-up comic at a Catskills resort. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Matthew Murphy<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Buddy is also shaken up by a young agent named Annie (Chasten Harmon), who is completely unaware of not only his illustrious past, but any comedy greats before her time. She does her research and becomes his greatest defender. (I have a feeling this character will tick off a lot of real agents who are showbiz encyclopedias.) <\/p>\n<p>Three boisterous actors (Jordan Gelber, Brian Gonzales and Mylinda Hull), channeling the proteans in \u201cA Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum,\u201d play all the other parts \u2014 from writers to chefs and little kids.\u00a0There are kitschy flashback scenes to Buddy and Stan\u2019s early days at a Catskills resort, and director John Rando takes us there using Jeff Sugg\u2019s video screens. The straightforward scenery, at times, could use some of the book\u2019s wit.   <\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s one thing to kvetch about with \u201cMr. Saturday Night\u201d: it would be better as a straight play than a song-and-dance show. Jason Robert Brown has composed a bland point-A-to-point-B score that\u2019s not as hilarious or textured as the text. Similar to \u201cTootsie\u201d before it, the star here is the scenes, not the tunes.<\/p>\n<p>But, oh, those scenes. Where else on Broadway can you find Billy Crystal leading an audience in a chant of \u201cOY VEY! OY VEY!\u201d?\n                        <\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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Over at the Nederlander Theatre is Billy Crystal\u2019s joke-stuffed new musical \u201cMr. Saturday Night,\u201d which opened Wednesday and puts the followspot on old-school yuks. Hearty laughs. 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