Tuesday, March 24, 2020
As always, a Scott Miller book is one I reach for with relish. In his previous tomes, Miller has proved...Continue Reading
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SOURCE: broadwayselect.com at 11:29AMMonday, March 16, 2020
As Albert Blossom sings in DOCTOR DOLITTLE, “I’ve never seen anything like it in my life.” You haven’t, either. And...Continue Reading
The post DANA H. — as in Higginbotham AND as …
SOURCE: broadwayselect.com at 05:42PMTuesday, March 10, 2020
“What’s the worst thing that you’ve ever seen in all your trips to the theater?” It’s a question that people...Continue Reading
The post A COCKTAIL PARTY Is an EXPERIMENT That Fail…
SOURCE: broadwayselect.com at 02:27PMSunday, March 1, 2020
Oh, why not?! Let’s face it: WEST SIDE STORY, in their faithful 1980 and 2009 revivals, set few pulses racing...Continue Reading
The post WEST SIDE STORY: Live on Stage – and on Screen a…
SOURCE: broadwayselect.com at 08:11PMSunday, February 23, 2020
Wouldn’t a play with Josephine Baker, Margaret Sanger, Langston Hughes and Adam Clayton Powell have terrific dramatic possibilities? After all,...Continue Reading
The post BLUES FOR AN ALA…
SOURCE: broadwayselect.com at 08:53PMSunday, February 16, 2020
The first words that we hear come courtesy of an onstage Band Leader. “It’s 1969.” Those who didn’t know that...Continue Reading
The post BOB & CAROL & TED & ALICE & …
SOURCE: broadwayselect.com at 08:19PMMonday, February 10, 2020
On my way to baggage claim, I locked eyes with the lovely lady who was sitting at the welcome table...Continue Reading
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SOURCE: broadwayselect.com at 01:56PMSunday, February 2, 2020
You may have noticed that Broadway Select wasn’t around for about a week. Damn those hackers! In the interim, I...Continue Reading
The post There’s Been a Women’s March on Theater, Too…
SOURCE: broadwayselect.com at 08:22PMFriday, January 24, 2020
This week, let’s review an artistic director. James C. Nicola of New York Theatre Workshop gets a rave. He’s been...Continue Reading
The post JAMES C. NICOLA KEEPS THE “NEW” IN NEW Y…
SOURCE: broadwayselect.com at 06:14PMSunday, January 12, 2020
This review will not sport any jokes or puns about the film version of CATS. No, it’s not a very...Continue Reading
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SOURCE: broadwayselect.com at 08:23PMSunday, January 5, 2020
If you wanted to know who they were, they weren’t gentlemen of Japan, but of England. Theatergoers weren’t immediately in...Continue Reading
The post THE MIKADO: Well, It IS in the Publi…
SOURCE: broadwayselect.com at 08:34PMSunday, December 29, 2019
In one way, THE THIN PLACE is a drama critic’s dream – at least for the first 60 of its...Continue Reading
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SOURCE: broadwayselect.com at 08:46PMSunday, December 22, 2019
Sophisticated writers often stack the deck when writing about suburban families. JAGGED LITTLE PILL, now at the Broadhurst, seems to...Continue Reading
The post JAGGED LITTLE PILL: Not So Ha…
SOURCE: broadwayselect.com at 08:32PMMonday, December 16, 2019
December theatergoers can always see a slew of shows that celebrate Christmas, Chanukah and Kwanzaa. How they uplift us and...Continue Reading
The post IT ISN’T BEGINNING TO LOOK A LOT LIK…
SOURCE: broadwayselect.com at 12:39PMSunday, December 8, 2019
“I felt while I was writing this play that I was getting away with murder.” So said Maria Irene Fornes...Continue Reading
The post FEFU AND HER FRIENDS: Don’t Fasten Your Seats Belts a…
SOURCE: broadwayselect.com at 08:03PMSunday, December 1, 2019
In 2007 alone, it was produced by the estimable Manhattan Theatre Club and won The Susan Smith Blackburn Prize that...Continue Reading
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SOURCE: broadwayselect.com at 08:03PMSunday, November 24, 2019
While some shows are famous for second-act trouble, Matthew Lopez’s THE INHERITANCE runs the risk of having both that and...Continue Reading
The post THE INHERITANCE: The Sum of Its Parts …
SOURCE: broadwayselect.com at 08:02PMSunday, November 17, 2019
The lights come up on a woman just sitting, not moving and with her back to us. That’s all it...Continue Reading
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SOURCE: broadwayselect.com at 08:07PMSunday, November 10, 2019
With Peter Dinklage as the title character in this new musical simply called CYRANO, you might assume you’ll see a...Continue Reading
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SOURCE: broadwayselect.com at 08:03PMSunday, November 3, 2019
Sure, we all want our children to be smart and confident. That includes the kids we see on stage. So...Continue Reading
The post LAST DAYS OF SUMMER: Would You Believe … ? appeared first o…
SOURCE: broadwayselect.com at 09:26PMSunday, October 27, 2019
In a way, SCOTLAND, PA is the perfect musical for the Donald Trump era. It says get what you want,...Continue Reading
The post SCOTLAND, PA: Cheap at Twice the Price appeared first on Broadw…
SOURCE: broadwayselect.com at 09:17PMSunday, October 20, 2019
Drama involves conflict. That’s why so many plays rely on husbands, wives and lovers. As Katharine Hepburn famously said, “Marriage...Continue Reading
The post WIVES AND LOVERS: And Husb…
SOURCE: broadwayselect.com at 09:23PMSunday, October 13, 2019
There are occasional mentions of diet pills, appetite suppressants and laxatives. But Judy Garland’s taking such medications aren’t the focus...Continue Reading
The post CHASING RAINBOWS…
SOURCE: broadwayselect.com at 09:03PMMonday, October 7, 2019
I know, I know … One of the worst things that a critic can do is tell you how...Continue Reading
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SOURCE: broadwayselect.com at 01:08PMMonday, September 30, 2019
What critics must remember
The post Theatrical Matchmaker appeared first on Dramatics Magazine Online.
SOURCE: Dramatics Magazine at 08:55AMSunday, September 29, 2019
As soon as you walk into the Calderwood Pavilion — Huntington Theatre Company of Boston’s second space — you’ll know...Continue Reading
The post See THE PURISTS Near Where the Purita…
SOURCE: broadwayselect.com at 09:03PMSunday, September 22, 2019
The Playbill doesn’t tell us in what year the new production of BETRAYAL is set, so theatergoers have every reason...Continue Reading
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SOURCE: broadwayselect.com at 09:03PMSunday, September 15, 2019
Those Judy Garland fans who hated END OF THE RAINBOW – and Lord knows there were thousands – are about...Continue Reading
The post JUDY: Let’s Hear It for the Rainbow Tour appeared fir…
SOURCE: broadwayselect.com at 09:03PMSunday, September 8, 2019
I saw Ethel Merman once, Mary Martin twice and Barbra Streisand thrice (for I saw FUNNY GIRL both in its...Continue Reading
The post BECAUSE OF WINN DIXIE: Plenty of Assets in Store appeared…
SOURCE: broadwayselect.com at 09:03PMMonday, September 2, 2019
And to think it starts off so nicely. Projected onto the stage is that famous photo of the scene that...Continue Reading
The post SIDEKICKED: THE (UNPLEASANT) VIVIAN VANCE STORY appeared fir…
SOURCE: broadwayselect.com at 04:39PMSunday, August 25, 2019
Show me a person who works in theater, and I’ll show you someone who says something bad about him or...Continue Reading
The post Meanwhile, in Long Branch, New Jersey … appeared first on…
SOURCE: broadwayselect.com at 09:03PM 
