Sunday, September 4, 2022
After 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 09:55PMSaturday, August 13, 2022
Good Lord! This is the same actor who, as a teen, was so endearing as Arpad in the 2016...Continue Reading
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SOURCE: broadwayselect.com at 09:03PMSaturday, July 16, 2022
All 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 09:07PMSunday, June 19, 2022
If 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 04:44PMSunday, May 1, 2022
One 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 03:03AMSaturday, April 16, 2022
Seeing 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 09:03PMSunday, February 13, 2022
How many hundreds of times have critics said “If you liked [name of old show], you’ll love [name of...Continue Reading
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SOURCE: broadwayselect.com at 01:00AMSunday, January 16, 2022
Think 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 06:40AMTuesday, September 21, 2021
As 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 04:55AMTuesday, 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
The post SCOTT MILLER’S NEW GOLDEN AGE OF MUSICALS appeared first…
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
The post MOJADA: A MEDEA IN LOS ANGELES: Met It in St. Louis appeared f…
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
The post PUMPGIRL: And All the Rest Is Talk appeared fi…
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
The post The Warren Report on TINA appeared first on BroadwaySelect.
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
The post Where’s CYRANO’S Nose? appeared first on …
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 09:23PM 
