Saturday, September 5, 2020
Traditions are important even—maybe especially—in troubled times. And so although theaters remain dark and I’ve been posting here infrequently, I’ve decided to go ahead with my annua…
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Macbeth is a great gateway drug for Shakespeare newbies. It’s got a straight-ahead plot, some of the Bard’s most memorable lines, plus witches. Us Shakespeare oldies like it too. It’s …
Linked From Broadway & Me at 12:12PMSometimes you want a gourmet meal filled with rare or surprising ingredients. But sometimes you just want a big yummy bowl of macaroni and cheese. Seared, the latest play by Theresa Rebeck, …
Linked From Broadway & Me at 12:12PMThe monologue play is an odd hybrid. Unlike traditional monologues in which one actor talks directly to the audience, it usually features three or more performers. But unlike traditional pla…
Linked From Broadway & Me at 12:12PMIn the old days, when tickets were cheaper, people went to musicals for the thrill of hearing new songs. Today, when seeing a Broadway show can cost more than a car note, they go for the sec…
Linked From Broadway & Me at 12:12PMYes, I know it’s not a Saturday when I usually post but the holidays and other end-of-the-year obligations have turned my schedule topsy-turvy. So I’ve decided to invoke my old practice …
Linked From Broadway & Me at 12:12PMIt’s been a while since I last turned on the ghost light that theaters use when they’re temporarily empty but I’m doing it now. That's mainly because I’ve been running around seeing …
Linked From Broadway & Me at 12:12PM..and a Happy Chanukah, a tardy Good Winter Solstice, a strong Happy Festivus, a slightly premature Joyous Kwanza and the all-around sincere hope that however you celebrate it, your holiday …
Linked From Broadway & Me at 12:12PMFor those of us who write about culture, the holiday season includes making Top 10 lists. But this year, I’ve decided against trying to anoint the best shows I’ve seen or even tallying u…
Linked From Broadway & Me at 12:12PMHappy New Year! Happy New Decade!! Here’s hoping that they’re both filled with more happiness (including lots of good theater) than not. Cheers!!!
Linked From Broadway & Me at 12:12PMSing Street, the new musical that opened last week at New York Theatre Workshop and which is the final big show of the fall season to open, arrived with high expectations. But that can hurt …
Linked From Broadway & Me at 12:12PMBigger isn’t always better. The British director Richard Jones won deserved kudos in 2017 for staging The Hairy Ape in the vast drill hall at the Park Avenue Armory. That production lite…
Linked From Broadway & Me at 12:12PMNo review post this week (although if you have a chance you should try to catch Talene Monahon’s How to Load a Musket, a really thought-provoking play about historical reenactors and the f…
Linked From Broadway & Me at 12:12PMThe best preview for the spring 2020 theater season I’ve seen was the one that my friend and fellow theater junkie Howard Sherman posted on his Facebook page a couple of weeks ago:
I c…
Linked From Broadway & Me at 12:12PMJust like Shakespeare, the great Greek playwrights staged their plays with all-male actors. But unlike the Bard, Aeschylus, Sophocles and Euripides centered many of their plays around great …
Linked From Broadway & Me at 12:12PMWither the musical? Not the jukebox musical or the ones that strap themselves to popular movies like a shipwreck victim clinging to a lifeboat or even those with rock scores whose songs self…
Linked From Broadway & Me at 12:12PMOne of my best friends worked for the Negro Ensemble Company back in its heyday and so I got to see the original productions of such shows as Zooman and the Sign, The River Niger and the NEC…
Linked From Broadway & Me at 12:12PMChristopher Chen’s intriguing memory play The Headlands works on so many levels that it’s hard for me to keep track of all of them.
It starts out as a crime procedural centered around …
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Time flies. And this year it’s whizzing by so quickly that I almost forgot to take some time out to celebrate the 13th anniversary of Broadway & Me…
Linked From Broadway & Me at 12:12PMI had planned to post a review this week but it was a pan of a play that I really didn’t like and that seems somehow wrong at this time when concerns about the spread of the COVID-19 virus…
Linked From Broadway & Me at 12:12PMSpring doesn’t officially arrive this year until week after next but the spring theater season is already here, with new shows opening almost every day. And I’m already running behind as…
Linked From Broadway & Me at 12:12PMIt's been a month since I last posted here. With theaters everywhere closed, there's been too little to say. But today is Shakespeare's birthday and I'm taking comfort from the fact that he…
Linked From Broadway & Me at 12:12PMWe’re all longing for moments of clarity, sanity and even a little levity during these days of social distancing and self-isolating. But while there may be no live performances on Broadw…
Linked From Broadway & Me at 12:12PMHappy Fourth of July! This is obviously a more unusual summer than most. COVID-19 continues its rampage across the country and most theaters remain closed. People are marching in the streets…
Linked From Broadway & Me at 12:12PMGood news, particularly good news about theater, has been hard to find over the last two months since concerns about the coronavirus locked most of us indoors and closed theaters around the …
Linked From Broadway & Me at 12:12PMMy pals at BroadwayRadio invited me to join them for this past Sunday’s “This Week on Broadway“ podcast. We talked about some of our all-time favorite plays (you can hear us by clicki…
Linked From Broadway & Me at 12:12PMSaturday, February 2, 2019
One of the questions I often ask myself after seeing a new show is: why are the show makers telling me this story? I haven’t been able to figure out the answer to that question …
Linked From Broadway & Me at 11:18AMThe Convent, the new play by Jessica Dickey, is like a mashup of Bess Wohl’s Small Mouth Sounds about a disparate group of people trying to find themselves on a spiritual retreat, and Cary…
Linked From Broadway & Me at 11:18AMSaturday, January 19, 2019
Transgression—social, sexual and otherwise—has been the bread and butter of Neil LaBute’s career. It might be the downfall of it too. Last year, allegations about some unidentified mis…
Linked From Broadway & Me at 10:48AMSaturday, January 12, 2019
Something radical is happening on New York stages this season. It’s mainly taking place off-Broadway and it’s largely being driven by women of color who have written that most traditiona…
Linked From Broadway & Me at 09:12AMMost theatergoers, especially those with limited time and resources, try to figure out which shows to see through a combination of word of mouth, social media and official reviews, particula…
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