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Monday, October 24, 2011

The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess by Cameron Kelsall

When I first heard the commotion regarding the new Broadway adaptation of Porgy & Bess--directed by Diane Paulus, with a new book by Suzan-Lori Parks and musical adaptations by Deirdre Murra…

SOURCE: Show Showdown at 03:10PM
Wednesday, September 14, 2011

The Next Big Star: Marla Mindelle by Cameron Kelsall

photo: Broadway.comThe criminally underrated musical adaptation of Sister Act (by Alan Menken and Douglas Carter Beane, at the Broadway Theatre) is notable for many reasons, including a brea…

SOURCE: Show Showdown at 02:57PM

ShowShowdown Q&A by Cameron Kelsall

Over the next few weeks, the ShowShowdown team will be providing our opinions on a variety of theatre-related questions that often come up. These are questions that interest us, fascinate us…

SOURCE: Show Showdown at 02:49PM
Sunday, June 19, 2011

The Importance of Being Earnest by Cameron Kelsall

Having actors direct is always a tricky prospect. It's complicated even further when the actor who is directing is also playing a leading role in the same production. That's the main problem…

SOURCE: Show Showdown at 07:35AM
Thursday, June 9, 2011

Jerusalem by Cameron Kelsall

As a playwright, Jez Butterworth seems to be keenly interested in the implied. The words that he puts in his characters' mouths are often meant to signify something that's three steps remove…

SOURCE: Show Showdown at 09:19AM
Saturday, June 4, 2011

By the Way, Meet Vera Stark by Cameron Kelsall

I saw Lynn Nottage's new play this afternoon--ironically, two years to the day after I first saw her Pulitzer-Prize winning Ruined. In those two years, rarely a day has passed when I haven't…

SOURCE: Show Showdown at 07:41PM
Saturday, November 27, 2010

A Free Man of Color by Cameron Kelsall

photo: T. Charles EricksonNo one can fault John Guare for being ambitious. His play A Free Man of Color, which has been in gestation for over twenty years, represents not only two decades of…

SOURCE: Show Showdown at 09:55AM
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