Sunday, 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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If you wanted to know who they were, they weren’t gentlemen of Japan, but of England. Theatergoers weren’t immediately in...Continue Reading
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Linked From 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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Linked From 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
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December theatergoers can always see a slew of shows that celebrate Christmas, Chanukah and Kwanzaa. How they uplift us and...Continue Reading
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Linked From 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
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Linked From 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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Linked From 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
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Linked From 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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Linked From 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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Linked From 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
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Linked From 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
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Linked From 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
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Linked From 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
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Linked From 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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Linked From broadwayselect.com at 01:08PMMonday, September 30, 2019
What critics must remember
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As soon as you walk into the Calderwood Pavilion — Huntington Theatre Company of Boston’s second space — you’ll know...Continue Reading
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Linked From 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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Linked From 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
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Linked From 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
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Linked From 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
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Linked From 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
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Linked From broadwayselect.com at 09:03PMSunday, August 18, 2019
No, its creators insist, it’s not “a musical comedy” but “a comedy musical.” TWO’S A CROWD’s collaborators have in...Continue Reading
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Linked From broadwayselect.com at 09:03PMSunday, August 4, 2019
So, you may ask, with CHICAGO playing right down the street from where I live, why would I take four...Continue Reading
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Linked From broadwayselect.com at 09:03PMSunday, July 28, 2019
Well, who expected this more than 40 years after the fact? But here’s a studio cast album of THE PRINCE...Continue Reading
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If PBS executives ever decide to launch their own version of SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE, they should choose Halley Feiffer’s new...Continue Reading
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Linked From broadwayselect.com at 02:45PMSunday, July 14, 2019
Let’s never again hear another word on how THE BOYS IN THE BAND deserves to be castigated for its so-called...Continue Reading
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Linked From broadwayselect.com at 09:03PMSunday, July 7, 2019
There’s hope for America after all — as long as more and more kids teens become involved in high school...Continue Reading
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Linked From broadwayselect.com at 09:03PMTuesday, July 2, 2019
In NEW FACES OF 1956, Jane Connell sang of the hard knock life that Alaskans have during “April in...Continue Reading
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Linked From broadwayselect.com at 06:12PMSunday, June 23, 2019
Such distinguished dramatists as Edward Albee and Lillian Hellman couldn’t do it. And while we’re at it, neither Nobel-prize winner...Continue Reading
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Linked From broadwayselect.com at 09:03PMSunday, June 16, 2019
My girlfriend Linda made a big mistake by walking out of THE TWILIGHT ZONE. She went to see the show...Continue Reading
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