Tuesday, April 16, 2024
We’re only talking about two words, but the creators of THE OUTSIDERS made a mistake in mentioning them. Here’s...Continue Reading
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SOURCE: broadwayselect.com at 08:26AMSunday, March 17, 2024
Bekah Brunstetter didn’t take the easy way out. The esteemed playwright was given the assignment of turning Nicholas Sparks...Continue Reading
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SOURCE: broadwayselect.com at 06:12AMMonday, January 15, 2024
“What a perfect day!” It’s the opening line of the first new Stephen Sondheim song that we’ve heard in years....Continue Reading
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SOURCE: broadwayselect.com at 06:57AMThursday, December 7, 2023
It all started when Gregory Maguire realized what many of us should have noticed when we first saw THE WIZARD...Continue Reading
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SOURCE: broadwayselect.com at 11:27AMSaturday, November 4, 2023
You’d expect a musical of THE GREAT GATSBY to display the sound of the ‘20s – and that’s what you’ll...Continue Reading
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SOURCE: broadwayselect.com at 08:33AMSaturday, October 14, 2023
Now you have two reasons to read CAT’S CRADLE. The first has been in place since 1963, when Kurt Vonnegut,...Continue Reading
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SOURCE: broadwayselect.com at 09:17PMSaturday, September 16, 2023
Don’t be ashamed. We all have misconceptions when we’re just getting interested in theater. Didn’t you once assume that every...Continue Reading
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SOURCE: broadwayselect.com at 01:38PMFriday, August 4, 2023
Was February 10, 2023 a significant date in American history? Granted, on that day, Adidas announced that it expected to...Continue Reading
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SOURCE: broadwayselect.com at 08:30AMTuesday, July 4, 2023
“Never address criticism directly.” That was President Dwight D. Eisenhower’s policy, but in this one case, he’d made an exception....Continue Reading
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SOURCE: broadwayselect.com at 09:38PMMonday, June 12, 2023
Eighteen actors at the Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival apparently agree with a line heard in THE BOYS FROM SYRACUSE. “If it’s...Continue Reading
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SOURCE: broadwayselect.com at 04:00AMWednesday, May 10, 2023
A liberal battles staunch and skeptical conservatives who are angered by her attempt to change things. Sounds heavy, no? ...Continue Reading
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SOURCE: broadwayselect.com at 12:55PMTuesday, April 11, 2023
As Charles Strouse wrote in his 2008 memoir PUT ON A HAPPY FACE, “Throughout history, the strongest drives in...Continue Reading
The post DEAR WORLD AND BAD CINDERELLA: BIT BY BIT, FIXI…
SOURCE: broadwayselect.com at 09:23PMSunday, March 12, 2023
Who knew that Cecily and Gwendolen would get The Seven Year Itch? Playwright Alice Scovell takes us to the eighth...Continue Reading
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SOURCE: broadwayselect.com at 09:08AMSaturday, February 25, 2023
Stevens and Treadway gravitate towards original plays that, like WAR DREAMER, look at extreme human behavior and have an experimental edge
SOURCE: Culture Bot at 08:40AMSunday, February 19, 2023
Victoria Clark is no Madeline Kahn. That’s also true of Steven Boyer, Justin Cooley, Bonnie Milligan and Alli Mauzey....Continue Reading
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SOURCE: broadwayselect.com at 11:57AMMonday, January 16, 2023
How does he do it?!?!?! It’s an oft-heard question at any magic show, and it’s certainly heard at ASI...Continue Reading
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SOURCE: broadwayselect.com at 03:04PMSunday, December 18, 2022
And to think that in 1981 they couldn’t give tickets away. To be fair, however, the MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG...Continue Reading
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SOURCE: broadwayselect.com at 09:31AMSunday, November 13, 2022
And they say that Bobby in COMPANY is a cipher. Sondheim and Furth’s character is a six-point-six on the Richter...Continue Reading
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SOURCE: broadwayselect.com at 09:45AMMonday, October 17, 2022
As you begin to watch the current revival of 1776, don’t forget the 10-minute rule. It’s been attributed to Sondheim,...Continue Reading
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SOURCE: broadwayselect.com at 02:21PMSunday, September 4, 2022
After lyricist Leo Robin had written a song for The Big Broadcast of 1938, he incurred the censor’s wrath. No,...Continue Reading
The post THE SHAW FESTIVAL’S 60th ANNIVERSARY SEASON app…
SOURCE: broadwayselect.com at 09:55PMSaturday, August 13, 2022
Good Lord! This is the same actor who, as a teen, was so endearing as Arpad in the 2016...Continue Reading
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SOURCE: broadwayselect.com at 09:03PMSaturday, July 16, 2022
All right, you missed MACBETH, PLAZA SUITE and AMERICAN BUFFALO, which all finished their runs as scheduled on July 10....Continue Reading
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SOURCE: broadwayselect.com at 09:07PMSunday, June 19, 2022
If you’ve written a song called “Never Say No,” aren’t you automatically required to say “Yes!” to any suggestion? Nevertheless,...Continue Reading
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SOURCE: broadwayselect.com at 04:44PMSunday, May 1, 2022
One big mistake made in the new revival of FUNNY GIRL has nothing to do with Beanie Feldstein. Those who...Continue Reading
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SOURCE: broadwayselect.com at 03:03AMSaturday, April 16, 2022
Seeing Matthew Broderick and Sarah Jessica Parker in PLAZA SUITE brought to mind the real surprise that theatergoers had...Continue Reading
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SOURCE: broadwayselect.com at 09:03PMSunday, February 13, 2022
How many hundreds of times have critics said “If you liked [name of old show], you’ll love [name of...Continue Reading
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SOURCE: broadwayselect.com at 01:00AMSunday, January 16, 2022
Think of a piece of wallpaper whose edge in the upper corner has come loose from insufficient or incompetent glue....Continue Reading
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SOURCE: broadwayselect.com at 06:40AMTuesday, September 21, 2021
As soon as the curtain rises on PASS OVER, we immediately have two questions. What is there at the bottom...Continue Reading
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SOURCE: broadwayselect.com at 04:55AMTuesday, March 24, 2020
As always, a Scott Miller book is one I reach for with relish. In his previous tomes, Miller has proved...Continue Reading
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SOURCE: broadwayselect.com at 11:29AMMonday, March 16, 2020
As Albert Blossom sings in DOCTOR DOLITTLE, “I’ve never seen anything like it in my life.” You haven’t, either. And...Continue Reading
The post DANA H. — as in Higginbotham AND as …
SOURCE: broadwayselect.com at 05:42PMTuesday, March 10, 2020
“What’s the worst thing that you’ve ever seen in all your trips to the theater?” It’s a question that people...Continue Reading
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SOURCE: broadwayselect.com at 02:27PMSunday, March 1, 2020
Oh, why not?! Let’s face it: WEST SIDE STORY, in their faithful 1980 and 2009 revivals, set few pulses racing...Continue Reading
The post WEST SIDE STORY: Live on Stage – and on Screen a…
SOURCE: broadwayselect.com at 08:11PMSunday, February 23, 2020
Wouldn’t a play with Josephine Baker, Margaret Sanger, Langston Hughes and Adam Clayton Powell have terrific dramatic possibilities? After all,...Continue Reading
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SOURCE: broadwayselect.com at 08:53PMSunday, February 16, 2020
The first words that we hear come courtesy of an onstage Band Leader. “It’s 1969.” Those who didn’t know that...Continue Reading
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SOURCE: broadwayselect.com at 08:19PMMonday, February 10, 2020
On my way to baggage claim, I locked eyes with the lovely lady who was sitting at the welcome table...Continue Reading
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SOURCE: broadwayselect.com at 01:56PMSunday, February 2, 2020
You may have noticed that Broadway Select wasn’t around for about a week. Damn those hackers! In the interim, I...Continue Reading
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SOURCE: broadwayselect.com at 08:22PMFriday, January 24, 2020
This week, let’s review an artistic director. James C. Nicola of New York Theatre Workshop gets a rave. He’s been...Continue Reading
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SOURCE: broadwayselect.com at 06:14PMSunday, January 12, 2020
This review will not sport any jokes or puns about the film version of CATS. No, it’s not a very...Continue Reading
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SOURCE: broadwayselect.com at 08:23PMSunday, January 5, 2020
If you wanted to know who they were, they weren’t gentlemen of Japan, but of England. Theatergoers weren’t immediately in...Continue Reading
The post THE MIKADO: Well, It IS in the Publi…
SOURCE: broadwayselect.com at 08:34PMSunday, December 29, 2019
In one way, THE THIN PLACE is a drama critic’s dream – at least for the first 60 of its...Continue Reading
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SOURCE: broadwayselect.com at 08:46PM