And to think that in 1981 they couldn’t give tickets away. To be fair, however, the MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG...Continue Reading The post NOW IT ROLLS ALONG MERRILY appeared first on BroadwayS…
SOURCE: broadwayselect.com at 09:31AMAnd they say that Bobby in COMPANY is a cipher. Sondheim and Furth’s character is a six-point-six on the Richter...Continue Reading The post ALMOST FAMOUS: IT ISN’T MILLER TIME appeared …
SOURCE: broadwayselect.com at 09:45AMAs you begin to watch the current revival of 1776, don’t forget the 10-minute rule. It’s been attributed to Sondheim,...Continue Reading The post ONE WAY TO VIEW THIS 1776 appeared first…
SOURCE: broadwayselect.com at 02:21PMAfter lyricist Leo Robin had written a song for The Big Broadcast of 1938, he incurred the censor’s wrath. No,...Continue Reading The post THE SHAW FESTIVAL’S 60th ANNIVERSARY SEASON app…
SOURCE: broadwayselect.com at 09:55PMGood Lord! This is the same actor who, as a teen, was so endearing as Arpad in the 2016...Continue Reading The post THE OH-SO-BAD BUTCHER BOY appeared first on BroadwaySelect.
SOURCE: broadwayselect.com at 09:03PMAll right, you missed MACBETH, PLAZA SUITE and AMERICAN BUFFALO, which all finished their runs as scheduled on July 10....Continue Reading The post HOW TO THEATRICALLY SPEND YOUR SUMMER VACA…
SOURCE: broadwayselect.com at 09:07PMIf you’ve written a song called “Never Say No,” aren’t you automatically required to say “Yes!” to any suggestion? Nevertheless,...Continue Reading The post THE FANTASTICKS: THE …
SOURCE: broadwayselect.com at 04:44PMOne big mistake made in the new revival of FUNNY GIRL has nothing to do with Beanie Feldstein. Those who...Continue Reading The post FUNNY GIRL: FELDSTEIN ON BROADWAY appeared first on Broad…
SOURCE: broadwayselect.com at 03:03AMSeeing Matthew Broderick and Sarah Jessica Parker in PLAZA SUITE brought to mind the real surprise that theatergoers had...Continue Reading The post PLAZA SUITES TO THE SWEET AND SOUR app…
SOURCE: broadwayselect.com at 09:03PMHow many hundreds of times have critics said “If you liked [name of old show], you’ll love [name of...Continue Reading The post MJ: I’M BAD appeared first on BroadwaySelect.
SOURCE: broadwayselect.com at 01:00AMThink of a piece of wallpaper whose edge in the upper corner has come loose from insufficient or incompetent glue....Continue Reading The post SIGNS OF INTELLIGENT LIFE … BUT … appeared …
SOURCE: broadwayselect.com at 06:40AMAs soon as the curtain rises on PASS OVER, we immediately have two questions. What is there at the bottom...Continue Reading The post PASS OVER: Hardly a Religious Ceremony appeared first on…
SOURCE: broadwayselect.com at 04:55AMAs always, a Scott Miller book is one I reach for with relish. In his previous tomes, Miller has proved...Continue Reading The post SCOTT MILLER’S NEW GOLDEN AGE OF MUSICALS appeared first…
SOURCE: broadwayselect.com at 11:29AMAs 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 05:42PM“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 02:27PMOh, 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 08:11PMWouldn’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 08:53PMThe 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 08:19PMOn my way to baggage claim, I locked eyes with the lovely lady who was sitting at the welcome table...Continue Reading The post MOJADA: A MEDEA IN LOS ANGELES: Met It in St. Louis appeared f…
SOURCE: broadwayselect.com at 01:56PMYou 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 08:22PMThis 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 06:14PMThis review will not sport any jokes or puns about the film version of CATS. No, it’s not a very...Continue Reading The post CATS Unmocked appeared first on BroadwaySelect.
SOURCE: broadwayselect.com at 08:23PMIf 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 08:34PMIn one way, THE THIN PLACE is a drama critic’s dream – at least for the first 60 of its...Continue Reading The post THE THIN PLACE: Slim and Lean appeared first on BroadwaySelect.
SOURCE: broadwayselect.com at 08:46PMSophisticated 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 08:32PMDecember 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 12:39PM“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 08:03PMIn 2007 alone, it was produced by the estimable Manhattan Theatre Club and won The Susan Smith Blackburn Prize that...Continue Reading The post PUMPGIRL: And All the Rest Is Talk appeared fi…
SOURCE: broadwayselect.com at 08:03PMWhile 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 08:02PMThe lights come up on a woman just sitting, not moving and with her back to us. That’s all it...Continue Reading The post The Warren Report on TINA appeared first on BroadwaySelect.
SOURCE: broadwayselect.com at 08:07PMWith Peter Dinklage as the title character in this new musical simply called CYRANO, you might assume you’ll see a...Continue Reading The post Where’s CYRANO’S Nose? appeared first on …
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