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Thursday, April 14, 2022

Broadway Review: TINA: THE TINA TURNER MUSICAL) by Cris Franco

TINA IS A HEAD-TURNER Two elements are vital to creating a hit bio-musical: great songs and a powerful life story. Tina, The Tina Turner Musical delivers both. Whereas some biographies requi…

SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 09:40PM

Broadway Review: PLAZA SUITE (Hudson Theater) by Cris Franco

IT’S SUITE TO BE BACK AT THE PLAZA A night at the Plaza? With Hollywood royalty? I’m in, how about you? Thus we find three serio-comic tales of love, loss and betrayal all taking place i…

SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 09:26PM

Broadway Review: SIX THE MUSICAL (Brooks Atkinson Theatre) by Cris Franco

WITH SIX YOU GET POWDER-KEG SOUL What if the six wives of one of history’s bad boys, King Henry VIII,  formed a pop girl group and held a concert where they belted out tales of their supe…

SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 09:17PM

Broadway Review: MJ THE MUSICAL (Neil Simon Theatre) by Cris Franco

THE KING OF POP IS NOW THE KING OF BROADWAY MJ (The Michael Jackson Musical) raises the bar for the bio-musical. Set in the rehearsal hall for Jackson’s 1992 Dangerous World Tour, the stor…

SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 08:02PM

Broadway Review: COMPANY (Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre) by Cris Franco

EVERYBODY RISE! Since its multi Tony Award-winning 1970 debut, COMPANY, the musical comedy exploring contemporary dating, marriage and divorce has been a favorite of singer-actors who relish…

SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 06:27PM
Sunday, April 5, 2015

San Diego Theater Review: BOEING-BOEING (Coronado Playhouse in Coronado) by Cris Franco

IT IS A FARCE FARCE BETTER THING THEY DO… Boeing-Boeing — the delicious comedic confection currently gracing the Coronado Playhouse stage — soars to hilarious heights as it…

SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 12:39PM
Wednesday, May 21, 2014

Off-Broadway Theater Review: FORBIDDEN BROADWAY COMES OUT SWINGING! (Davenport) by Cris Franco

A SHOW THAT DESERVES AN EXCLAMATION POINT! Broadway’s recent bumper crop of musicals has provided spoof-meister Gerard Alessandrini a mother load to mine in the latest installment of his w…

SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 06:43PM

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