Sunday, December 23, 2018
If you were currently writing a musical about teens in high school, would you mention the words “mean girls” in...Continue Reading
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SOURCE: broadwayselect.com at 08:44PMMonday, December 17, 2018
Frankly, if I were Lee Hall, I’d be ashamed to take the money. “Adapted by” is his official credit for...Continue Reading
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SOURCE: broadwayselect.com at 12:03AMMonday, December 10, 2018
How many non-theatergoers – the ideal audience for a musical called THE CHER SHOW – will be furious after they...Continue Reading
The post THE CHER SHOW with its Chers and Chers Alike ap…
SOURCE: broadwayselect.com at 02:44PMSunday, December 2, 2018
Maybe THE PROM should change its name to THE KISS. Television history was made on Thanksgiving Day by two actresses...Continue Reading
The post THE PROM: Give This Musical a Big Kiss! appear…
SOURCE: broadwayselect.com at 08:03PMSunday, November 25, 2018
A “new one” is usually considered something good, even great — and certainly better than a second-hand item. In the...Continue Reading
The post THE NEW ONE: Parental Issues appeare…
SOURCE: broadwayselect.com at 08:03PMSunday, November 18, 2018
“Country a-changin’, gotta change with it!” So Curly tells Laurey in Act Two of OKLAHOMA! Director Daniel Fish apparently agreed...Continue Reading
The post OKLAHOMA! … Ohhhh-kayyyyy…
SOURCE: broadwayselect.com at 08:05PMSunday, November 11, 2018
The first 45 minutes were so engrossing that I didn’t care if the title character ever showed up. Who’d expect...Continue Reading
The post KING KONG: 1933 Variations appeared first on Br…
SOURCE: broadwayselect.com at 08:00PMMonday, November 5, 2018
Last week, two memorable mothers showed up on a stage and a screen in New York. Playwright Jane Anderson wondered...Continue Reading
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SOURCE: broadwayselect.com at 04:54PMSunday, October 28, 2018
Expect any review you read of THE LIFESPAN OF A FACT to contain a well-worn phrase that’s too often seen...Continue Reading
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SOURCE: broadwayselect.com at 09:05PMSunday, October 21, 2018
You know the joke that starts “How many (collective noun) does it take to change a light bulb?” In APOLOGIA,...Continue Reading
The post APOLOGIA: Ah, Those Birthday Parties with the Fam…
SOURCE: broadwayselect.com at 09:00PMSunday, October 14, 2018
Actually, I was so involved in the story that I resented when intermission arrived. That’s how arresting GIRL FROM THE...Continue Reading
The post A Warm Welcome to GIRL FROM THE NORTH COU…
SOURCE: broadwayselect.com at 09:00PMMonday, October 8, 2018
Excellent lyricist Anne Croswell once told me how she spent her time on a certain afternoon in the late ‘50s....Continue Reading
The post BEING EARNEST: Being a Musical appeared first on B…
SOURCE: broadwayselect.com at 03:19PMSunday, September 30, 2018
As you enter the Two River Theater, you may well be charmed by the set that David Gallo and Viveca...Continue Reading
The post PAMELA’S FIRST MUSICAL: First Things First appeared first on …
SOURCE: broadwayselect.com at 09:28PMSunday, September 23, 2018
Don’t be fooled when the lights come up on THE TRUE. Playwright Sharr White has three people sitting in a...Continue Reading
The post THE TRUE: Too True – and Just as Good appeared first…
SOURCE: broadwayselect.com at 09:31PMSunday, September 16, 2018
That’s one big step for David Staller, and one giant leap for his audience. From 2006-2107, Staller directed once-a-month readings...Continue Reading
The post HEARTBREAK HOUSE: You Won’t…
SOURCE: broadwayselect.com at 09:32PMSunday, September 9, 2018
Seats are going fast for Daughtry at the Emerson Colonial Theatre in Boston. Is Daughtry a pre-Broadway tryout of a...Continue Reading
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SOURCE: broadwayselect.com at 10:31PMSunday, September 2, 2018
Last week, when reviewing the wan musical GETTIN’ THE BAND BACK TOGETHER, I noted that the show set in Sayreville,...Continue Reading
The post BE MORE CHILL: Even More Than Meets the Eye a…
SOURCE: broadwayselect.com at 09:13PMMonday, August 27, 2018
It’s still one of vaudeville and burlesque’s most remembered routines. Comic One: Did you hear about the big new contest?...Continue Reading
The post GETTIN’ THE BAND BACK TOGETHER: A …
SOURCE: broadwayselect.com at 01:13AMMonday, August 20, 2018
If you’re the type of theatergoer who checks out the list of Musical Numbers in the program before the show...Continue Reading
The post PRETTY WOMAN: No More Than Another Sit-through-able …
SOURCE: broadwayselect.com at 01:40AMMonday, August 13, 2018
That it ever happened is amazing. That it’s continued for 28 years is flabbergasting. After all, the Dayton Playhouse is...Continue Reading
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SOURCE: broadwayselect.com at 01:35AMMonday, August 6, 2018
A warm and wonderful film is well on its way to becoming an equally impressive musical. Twenty-five years ago, DAVE...Continue Reading
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SOURCE: broadwayselect.com at 01:25AMSunday, July 29, 2018
Here’s a question for John Strand, author of THE ORIGINALIST. Have you been fair to Justice Antonin Scalia? Strand states...Continue Reading
The post THE ORIGINALIST: That’s One Way of P…
SOURCE: broadwayselect.com at 10:04PMMonday, July 23, 2018
It starts off as if it’s going to turn into A DOLL’S HOUSE, PART 2 or A DOLL’S LIFE. But...Continue Reading
The post THE SAINTLINESS OF MARGERY KEMP Is at Question appeared first on Br…
SOURCE: broadwayselect.com at 01:04AMSunday, July 15, 2018
Joel Grey, Willkommen, bienvenue, welcome to the ranks of the expert directors who bring out the greatness of the classic...Continue Reading
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SOURCE: broadwayselect.com at 09:49PMSunday, July 8, 2018
Most of us tend to forget that between OKLAHOMA! and CAROUSEL, Oscar Hammerstein had another Broadway hit. CARMEN JONES opened...Continue Reading
The post CARMEN JONES is No Lysistrata appea…
SOURCE: broadwayselect.com at 09:10PMMonday, July 2, 2018
EVERYBODY’S TALKING ABOUT JAMIE, so I guess I should, too. The new musical at London’s Apollo Theatre could be said...Continue Reading
The post EVERYBODY’S TALKING ABOUT JAMIE: God Sav…
SOURCE: broadwayselect.com at 01:51AMMonday, June 25, 2018
After watching THE ROYAL FAMILY OF BROADWAY at Barrington Stage in Western Massachusetts, an obscure Frank Sinatra song kept going...Continue Reading
The post The Too-Royal Family of Broadwa…
SOURCE: broadwayselect.com at 01:17AMMonday, June 18, 2018
Life would be much easier for HALF TIME had there never been A CHORUS LINE This new musical at...Continue Reading
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SOURCE: broadwayselect.com at 01:30AMThursday, June 14, 2018
Congrats to all the Tony-winners! And now that the season is over and we have no more shows to see,...Continue Reading
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SOURCE: broadwayselect.com at 04:07PMMonday, June 4, 2018
Remember when cable TV talked of “narrowcasting”? We heard the word a great deal in the ‘80s. In case you...Continue Reading
The post STAGE LIFE: The Way They Were appeared first on Br…
SOURCE: broadwayselect.com at 01:29AMTuesday, May 29, 2018
With this show, John Kander won’t be asked “Which came first — the music or the lyrics?” For there are...Continue Reading
The post The Beauty of THE BEAST IN THE JUNGLE appeared …
SOURCE: broadwayselect.com at 12:03PM 
