Check out NYC Entertainment News’s picks for the best weekend options….Happy Friday!
Blithe Spirit. Catch the revival of Noel Coward’s musical comedy “Blithe Spirit” with Angela Lansbury. The play centers on a successful novelist who hires an eccentric medium to hold a séance. His dead first wife appears unexpectedly and sets out to ruin his current marriage. Shubert Theatre, 225 W. 44th St. (212-239-6200).
Mourning Becomes Electra. Director Scott Elliot brings Eugene O’Neill’s trilogy “Mourning Becomes Electra” to the stage. The play looks at the intense familial conflicts of a New England household at the end of the Civil War. The New Group at Theatre Row, 410 W. 42nd St. (212-279-4200).
Basile. Improv expert Basile entertains at the Gotham Comedy Club. Basile’s voices and characters have been heard on a variety of radio and television channels, including XM Satellite Radio and the Cartoon Network. He is most famous for his voice work at Universal Studio’s Bullwinkle J. Moose. Gotham Comedy Club, 208 W. 23rd St. between Seventh and Eighth Ave. (212-367-9000).
