Saturday, October 8, 2011
Friday, October 7, 2011
"Emotion alone is not enough to make a good musical."
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 10:09PMThursday, October 6, 2011
"If a musical's biggest problem is that it's really two shows working at cross purposes, it's heartening when each is strong enough to stand alone."
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 10:57PMTuesday, October 4, 2011
"So what if it can't decide whether it's a girl-group show or a female-empowerment vehicle?"
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 09:37PM"Not all theatre needs to be profound."
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 08:21PMMonday, October 3, 2011
"If you’ve attended Off-Broadway plays regularly the last decade or so, you’ve no doubt discerned the Adam Rapp Formula. . . ."
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 10:05PMSunday, October 2, 2011
"Sometimes a show can make all the right choices for itself and still not be right."
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 07:05PM"... a bubbly and endearing slice of contemporary life ..."
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 09:04AMSaturday, October 1, 2011
"... because you can’t tell what they want from their story, all you take away from The Kid Who Would Be Pope is a headache."
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 01:05PMThursday, September 29, 2011
"Combine Rock of Ages, Spring Awakening, Jersey Shore, and two and a half hours of traffic gridlock with George Etherege, and you get Man of Rock."
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 08:02PMTuesday, September 27, 2011
"Truly daring plays about race in America are rare these days; the Civil Rights era and the election of Barack Obama have more or less seen to that."
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 07:03PMWednesday, September 14, 2011
"Where there’s smoke, there is not always fire."
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 08:13PMTuesday, September 13, 2011
"There's the sketch of a beautiful, human love story here, but it's one in desperate need of shading, color, and conviction."
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 08:51PMMonday, September 12, 2011
So much has been written about the James Goldman–Stephen Sondheim musical Follies since its 1971 premiere that it's approaching the point it's best to let the show speak for itself.
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 09:58PMFew family reunions unfold totally free of bitter aftertastes, and Sweet and Sad is no exception.
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 08:29PMGood behavior at the theatre isn't difficult, but it means thinking more of others than you do yourself for a few hours. Here are some basic tips on how to make the theatre experience bette…
SOURCE: BroadwayStars at 09:05AMTuesday, September 6, 2011
Sometimes writers, more than audiences, are at fault for shows that the theatregoing public doesn't want to see.
SOURCE: BroadwayStars at 08:51AMSunday, August 28, 2011
Reading a play may bring you closer to the playwright, but it pushes you further away from the theatre.
SOURCE: BroadwayStars at 07:41PMWednesday, August 24, 2011
"Nice to look at while soused, but not particularly memorable once you've sobered up."
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 11:36PMMonday, August 22, 2011
"Miscasting can occasionally be a blessing in disguise."
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 10:00PMSunday, August 21, 2011
For some loneliness can be a debilitating condition. But for Dawson Nichols it’s no impediment at all, at least as far as Virtual Solitaire is concerned.
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 07:49PMSaturday, August 20, 2011
Thursday, August 18, 2011
"... although mash-ups can work, nothing quite compares to real, creative thought."
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 08:55PM"... hot, wet, sweaty, and unpredictable, and by the end of it you can't wait for it to be over."
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 08:23PMTuesday, August 16, 2011
"No topic is off-limits for Charles Busch, and that's usually a good thing."
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 08:02PMMonday, August 15, 2011
"Some slices of life have more life than others."
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 07:30PMSunday, August 14, 2011
"... you are in strong, capable, and devious hands."
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 02:59PMSaturday, August 13, 2011
"... they end up trapped in a web of their own spinning."
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 11:11AMFriday, August 12, 2011
Three questions for John Doyle about his actors-as-musicians style of directing, which he is employing in the Willimstown Theatre Festival production of Ten Cents a Dance.
SOURCE: BroadwayStars at 09:13AMThursday, August 11, 2011
Tuesday, August 9, 2011
... , it shows that real life, even when filtered through circus specialties, is the most thrilling experience theatre can offer.
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 07:53PM 
