Wednesday, May 10, 2023
A liberal battles staunch and skeptical conservatives who are angered by her attempt to change things. Sounds heavy, no? ...Continue Reading
The post Oh, SHUCKED! appeared first on Broad…
SOURCE: broadwayselect.com at 12:55PMTuesday, April 11, 2023
As Charles Strouse wrote in his 2008 memoir PUT ON A HAPPY FACE, “Throughout history, the strongest drives in...Continue Reading
The post DEAR WORLD AND BAD CINDERELLA: BIT BY BIT, FIXI…
SOURCE: broadwayselect.com at 09:23PMSunday, March 12, 2023
Who knew that Cecily and Gwendolen would get The Seven Year Itch? Playwright Alice Scovell takes us to the eighth...Continue Reading
The post THE REWARDS OF BEING FRANK: INTO THE WILDE appea…
SOURCE: broadwayselect.com at 09:08AMSaturday, February 25, 2023
Stevens and Treadway gravitate towards original plays that, like WAR DREAMER, look at extreme human behavior and have an experimental edge
SOURCE: Culture Bot at 08:40AMSunday, February 19, 2023
Victoria Clark is no Madeline Kahn. That’s also true of Steven Boyer, Justin Cooley, Bonnie Milligan and Alli Mauzey....Continue Reading
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SOURCE: broadwayselect.com at 11:57AMMonday, January 16, 2023
How does he do it?!?!?! It’s an oft-heard question at any magic show, and it’s certainly heard at ASI...Continue Reading
The post ASI WIND’S INNER CIRCLE: PICK A CARD, ANY CARD appe…
SOURCE: broadwayselect.com at 03:04PMSunday, December 18, 2022
And to think that in 1981 they couldn’t give tickets away. To be fair, however, the MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG...Continue Reading
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SOURCE: broadwayselect.com at 09:31AMSunday, November 13, 2022
And they say that Bobby in COMPANY is a cipher. Sondheim and Furth’s character is a six-point-six on the Richter...Continue Reading
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SOURCE: broadwayselect.com at 09:45AMMonday, October 17, 2022
As 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 02:21PMSunday, 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
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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 08:32PM 
