Monday, June 18, 2018
Life would be much easier for HALF TIME had there never been A CHORUS LINE This new musical at...Continue Reading
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Congrats to all the Tony-winners! And now that the season is over and we have no more shows to see,...Continue Reading
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Remember when cable TV talked of “narrowcasting”? We heard the word a great deal in the ‘80s. In case you...Continue Reading
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With this show, John Kander won’t be asked “Which came first — the music or the lyrics?” For there are...Continue Reading
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Theatergoers aren’t the only ones who should see George C. Wolfe’s current production of THE ICEMAN COMETH. Every director as...Continue Reading
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In the last decade, musical theater has welcomed what can almost be termed a new genre: The Lincoln Center Theater...Continue Reading
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The top of the carousel is quite beautiful, thanks to set designer Santo Loquasto. But where’s the rest of...Continue Reading
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If you’re someone who says “I would never want to go back to high school,” you won’t want to go...Continue Reading
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If it only had a heart. We’re warned right from the opening number that this is “the story of deception,...Continue Reading
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Film is of course a far more realistic medium than the stage – although there is one profound exception...Continue Reading
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Joshua Logan did it after WISH YOU WERE HERE had opened to terrible reviews. Gower Champion also did it –...Continue Reading
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“Why am I here? This is crazy!” That’s what Sally sings in “Don’t Look at Me” in FOLLIES —...Continue Reading
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Two companies are about to close up shop. I’m going to miss both very much. TACT – meaning The Actors...Continue Reading
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Many men get off while fantasizing about little women, but in Don Nguyen’s HELLO, FROM THE CHILDREN OF PLANET EARTH,...Continue Reading
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Who’s the only playwright capable of dreaming up this scenario? A convicted man is about to face the noose. He...Continue Reading
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Well, it ain’t THE RING CYCLE. But JERRY SPRINGER: THE OPERA does make good on its title’s last two words....Continue Reading
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Of the hundred-plus pre-Broadway tryouts that I’ve witnessed – literally in Philly, Boston and Baltimo’ – one of the most...Continue Reading
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In musical theater, there’s one cliché that doesn’t hold true. “You never get a second chance to make a first...Continue Reading
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What a bitch. That’s a terrible thing to say about anyone, of course, but let the punishment fit the crime...Continue Reading
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It doesn’t hit the bull’s eye on the target, but it’s only one mere circle away from it. MILES FOR...Continue Reading
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Alas, John Lithgow has taken a bit of a beating with his one-man STORIES BY HEART at the American Theatre....Continue Reading
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Most of the time when people speak of The Golden Age of the Broadway Musical, they start with OKLAHOMA! in...Continue Reading
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They came to have a good time, and indeed they did. Once again, playgoers at B Street Theatre in Sacramento...Continue Reading
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Mel Brooks might have been incorrect. It’s not necessarily good to be the king. Take King Philippe V (1683-1746). He...Continue Reading
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You’re having dinner at someone’s house and are fed one utterly delicious dish after another. Eventually you’re so full...Continue Reading
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“And then I woke up.” How many times have grammar-school teachers run into this line at the end of...Continue Reading
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If you read a review of a movie and then go to the multiplex, you’ll see frame-for-frame exactly what the...Continue Reading
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The audience’s grunt came early. With all the charges of sexual harassment in the news, there was an extra punch...Continue Reading
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For the last third of a century, a concerted effort has been made to have children become aware of...Continue Reading
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It sounds impossible. And it SHOULD be impossible. But David Greenspan is proving that it isn’t. He’s decided to memorize...Continue Reading
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Only the incarcerated disagree. But all other adults will tell you that time goes fast. A fall from grace can...Continue Reading
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