Friday, November 13, 2015
THE PAVILION(Off-off-Broadway: The Producer's Club)You know the story: middle-aged white guy has a mid-life crisis, so attends high school reunion to attempt to rekindle things with his high…
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You know the story: middle-aged white guy has a mid-life crisis, so attends high school reunion to attempt to rekindle…
SOURCE: reviews250.tumblr.com at 09:23AM[SHARE]Monday, November 9, 2015
Originally published on 250 Word Reviews. DADA WOOF PAPA HOT (Off-Broadway: Lincoln Center Theater at the Mitzi E. Newhouse) Most gay men of a certain age never envisioned a world in which t…
SOURCE: itsdlevy.me at 08:02PM[SHARE]DADA WOOF PAPA HOT(Off-Broadway: Lincoln Center Theater at the Mitzi E. Newhouse)Most gay men of a certain age never envisioned a world in which they could get married and have children. At …
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Most gay men of a certain age never envisioned a world in which they could get married a…
SOURCE: reviews250.tumblr.com at 08:02PM[SHARE]Thursday, November 5, 2015
Originally published on 250 Word Reviews. ON YOUR FEET:THE STORY OF EMILIO & GLORIA ESTEFAN (Broadway: Marquis Theatre) One gets the feeling about halfway through the first act of On You…
SOURCE: itsdlevy.me at 11:40PM[SHARE]ON YOUR FEET:THE STORY OF EMILIO & GLORIA ESTEFAN(Broadway: Marquis Theatre)One gets the feeling about halfway through the first act of On Your Feet that were you to quiz the cast where the …
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One gets the feeling about halfway through the first act of On Your Feet that were you to…
SOURCE: reviews250.tumblr.com at 11:39PM[SHARE]Tuesday, October 27, 2015
SYLVIA(Broadway: Cort Theatre)If there's one reason to see Sylvia, A. R. Gurney's 1995 canine comedy making its Broadway debut, it's Annaleigh Ashford. As the titular tail-wagger, she deligh…
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If there's one reason to see Sylvia, A. R. Gurney's 1995 canine comedy making its Broadway debut, it's Annaleigh Ashford. As the titular ta…
SOURCE: reviews250.tumblr.com at 09:01PM[SHARE]Originally published on 250 Word Reviews. SYLVIA (Broadway: Cort Theatre) If there's one reason to see Sylvia, A. R. Gurney's 1995 canine comedy making its Broadway debut, it's Annaleigh Ash…
SOURCE: itsdlevy.me at 09:00PM[SHARE]Thursday, October 22, 2015
Originally published on 250 Word Reviews. DAMES AT SEA (Broadway: The Helen Hayes Theatre) Dames at Sea first delighted audiences in 1966 with its low-budget, can-do spunk. A gentle spoof of…
SOURCE: itsdlevy.me at 09:00PM[SHARE]DAMES AT SEA(Broadway: The Helen Hayes Theatre)Dames at Sea first delighted audiences in 1966 with its low-budget, can-do spunk. A gentle spoof of 1930s movie musicals, the show prefigured t…
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Dames at Sea first delighted audiences in 1966 with its low-budget, can-do spunk. A gentle spoof of 1930s movie musicals, …
SOURCE: reviews250.tumblr.com at 09:00PM[SHARE]Saturday, August 29, 2015
Originally published on CastAlbums.org. There are certain shows by the giants of musical theater that have lesser reputations. While often these reputations are earned (e.g. late-period Andr…
SOURCE: itsdlevy.me at 08:00AM[SHARE]Friday, August 21, 2015
Originally published on CastAlbums.org. I don’t think any of us expected to hear a cast recording from Doctor Zhivago, a show that had more above-the-title producers than performances …
SOURCE: itsdlevy.me at 08:00AM[SHARE]Saturday, August 8, 2015
Originally published on CastAlbums.org. When Side Show hit Broadway in 1998, I became fascinated with the career of lyricist Bill Russell. I had never heard of him before, but I discovered h…
SOURCE: itsdlevy.me at 08:00AM[SHARE]Sunday, July 5, 2015
Originally published on CastAlbums.org. The Golden Apple is one of those scores that has taken on something of a mythic air, which is entirely appropriate for this Broadway rethinking of The…
SOURCE: itsdlevy.me at 08:00AM[SHARE]Thursday, July 2, 2015
Originally published on Medium. I found myself with an unexpected case of "the feels" last night at Little Shop of Horrors at Encores! Off-Center, so I sat down to word-vomit a bit on Tumblr…
SOURCE: itsdlevy.me at 08:00AM[SHARE]Monday, April 27, 2015
Originally published on Flavorpill. Take one part 8-bit RPG, one part serialized anime, add some cardboard props and a dash of comedy, and you might have something resembling Kapow-i GoGo…
SOURCE: itsdlevy.me at 08:00AM[SHARE]Wednesday, April 22, 2015
Originally published on CastAlbums.org. Dames at Sea is the quintessential “little show that could,” growing from a sketch to a nightclub show to a proper off-Broadway musical to…
SOURCE: itsdlevy.me at 08:00AM[SHARE]Friday, April 17, 2015
Originally published on Flavorpill. At the intersection of dance and athletics, you might find Séquence 8, the "nouveau cirque spectacular" at City Center through April 26. This show from t…
SOURCE: itsdlevy.me at 08:00AM[SHARE]Tuesday, April 14, 2015
Originally published on CastAlbums.org. If you ever wondered what Sweeney Todd might have sounded like in the hands of Lionel Bart, you should give Jack The Ripper a spin. The long-lost c…
SOURCE: itsdlevy.me at 08:00AM[SHARE]Sunday, March 29, 2015
Originally published on CastAlbums.org. I’ve had The Fortress of Solitude cast album on my phone for a week and I can’t stop listening to it. Michael Friedman has given us one of…
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The Great White Way provides an enlightening experience with the potential to open the reader to radical reconsideration of classic and contemporary shows alike ... Black Broadway is a great…
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 10:18AM[SHARE]Wednesday, July 23, 2014
History, as we all learned from Stephen Sondheim's "Something in a Tree," is shaped as much by the storytellers as it is by the story. Herein lies both the charm and the challenge of The Unt…
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With two of Frank Loesser’s biggest hits returning in the form of simultaneous all-star concerts, Â last week New York experienced a rare treat for Classic Broadway lovers and the Cl…
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Subtitled "Conversations with the Great Women of Musical Theater," Shapiro's book delivers exactly what the title promises: interviews with (mostly) above-the-title stars, presented as strai…
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 08:59AM[SHARE]Tuesday, February 4, 2014
Taking the form of an oral history, including diverse voices from the property's history brought together by editor (and Newsies dramaturg) Ken Cerniglia, this new addition to the genre make…
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 09:48AM[SHARE]Monday, February 3, 2014
This week, Encores! kicks off its 21st season with Little Me, a jazzy musical comedy — emphasis on comedy — which features a hysterical book by Neil Simon specifically crafted…
SOURCE: The Craptacular at 08:02PM[SHARE]Thursday, January 23, 2014
Love Broadway musicals but hate having to sit through all that talking between the songs? You’re in luck. In the next couple of months, you can catch the New York Philharmonic doingÂ�…
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