Sunday, November 11, 2018
The first 45 minutes were so engrossing that I didn’t care if the title character ever showed up. Who’d expect...Continue Reading
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Last week, two memorable mothers showed up on a stage and a screen in New York. Playwright Jane Anderson wondered...Continue Reading
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Expect any review you read of THE LIFESPAN OF A FACT to contain a well-worn phrase that’s too often seen...Continue Reading
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You know the joke that starts “How many (collective noun) does it take to change a light bulb?” In APOLOGIA,...Continue Reading
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Actually, I was so involved in the story that I resented when intermission arrived. That’s how arresting GIRL FROM THE...Continue Reading
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Excellent lyricist Anne Croswell once told me how she spent her time on a certain afternoon in the late ‘50s....Continue Reading
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As you enter the Two River Theater, you may well be charmed by the set that David Gallo and Viveca...Continue Reading
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Don’t be fooled when the lights come up on THE TRUE. Playwright Sharr White has three people sitting in a...Continue Reading
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That’s one big step for David Staller, and one giant leap for his audience. From 2006-2107, Staller directed once-a-month readings...Continue Reading
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Seats are going fast for Daughtry at the Emerson Colonial Theatre in Boston. Is Daughtry a pre-Broadway tryout of a...Continue Reading
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Last week, when reviewing the wan musical GETTIN’ THE BAND BACK TOGETHER, I noted that the show set in Sayreville,...Continue Reading
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It’s still one of vaudeville and burlesque’s most remembered routines. Comic One: Did you hear about the big new contest?...Continue Reading
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If you’re the type of theatergoer who checks out the list of Musical Numbers in the program before the show...Continue Reading
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That it ever happened is amazing. That it’s continued for 28 years is flabbergasting. After all, the Dayton Playhouse is...Continue Reading
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A warm and wonderful film is well on its way to becoming an equally impressive musical. Twenty-five years ago, DAVE...Continue Reading
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Here’s a question for John Strand, author of THE ORIGINALIST. Have you been fair to Justice Antonin Scalia? Strand states...Continue Reading
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It starts off as if it’s going to turn into A DOLL’S HOUSE, PART 2 or A DOLL’S LIFE. But...Continue Reading
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Joel Grey, Willkommen, bienvenue, welcome to the ranks of the expert directors who bring out the greatness of the classic...Continue Reading
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Most of us tend to forget that between OKLAHOMA! and CAROUSEL, Oscar Hammerstein had another Broadway hit. CARMEN JONES opened...Continue Reading
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EVERYBODY’S TALKING ABOUT JAMIE, so I guess I should, too. The new musical at London’s Apollo Theatre could be said...Continue Reading
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After watching THE ROYAL FAMILY OF BROADWAY at Barrington Stage in Western Massachusetts, an obscure Frank Sinatra song kept going...Continue Reading
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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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