Sunday, July 15, 2018
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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SOURCE: broadwayselect.com at 09:49PMSunday, July 8, 2018
Most of us tend to forget that between OKLAHOMA! and CAROUSEL, Oscar Hammerstein had another Broadway hit. CARMEN JONES opened...Continue Reading
The post CARMEN JONES is No Lysistrata appea…
SOURCE: broadwayselect.com at 09:10PMMonday, July 2, 2018
EVERYBODY’S TALKING ABOUT JAMIE, so I guess I should, too. The new musical at London’s Apollo Theatre could be said...Continue Reading
The post EVERYBODY’S TALKING ABOUT JAMIE: God Sav…
SOURCE: broadwayselect.com at 01:51AMMonday, June 25, 2018
After watching THE ROYAL FAMILY OF BROADWAY at Barrington Stage in Western Massachusetts, an obscure Frank Sinatra song kept going...Continue Reading
The post The Too-Royal Family of Broadwa…
SOURCE: broadwayselect.com at 01:17AMMonday, 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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SOURCE: broadwayselect.com at 01:30AMThursday, June 14, 2018
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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SOURCE: broadwayselect.com at 04:07PMMonday, June 4, 2018
Remember when cable TV talked of “narrowcasting”? We heard the word a great deal in the ‘80s. In case you...Continue Reading
The post STAGE LIFE: The Way They Were appeared first on Br…
SOURCE: broadwayselect.com at 01:29AMTuesday, May 29, 2018
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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SOURCE: broadwayselect.com at 12:03PMMonday, May 14, 2018
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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SOURCE: broadwayselect.com at 01:06AMMonday, May 7, 2018
In the last decade, musical theater has welcomed what can almost be termed a new genre: The Lincoln Center Theater...Continue Reading
The post A More Than FAIR LADY appeared first on Broadwa…
SOURCE: broadwayselect.com at 01:53AMMonday, April 30, 2018
The top of the carousel is quite beautiful, thanks to set designer Santo Loquasto. But where’s the rest of...Continue Reading
The post CAROUSEL: The Wheel-of-Fortune Musical appeare…
SOURCE: broadwayselect.com at 01:46AMMonday, April 23, 2018
If you’re someone who says “I would never want to go back to high school,” you won’t want to go...Continue Reading
The post MEAN GIRLS and Teen Girls: Perfect Together appeared firs…
SOURCE: broadwayselect.com at 01:50AMMonday, April 16, 2018
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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SOURCE: broadwayselect.com at 01:45AMMonday, April 9, 2018
Film is of course a far more realistic medium than the stage – although there is one profound exception...Continue Reading
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SOURCE: broadwayselect.com at 01:23AMMonday, April 2, 2018
Joshua Logan did it after WISH YOU WERE HERE had opened to terrible reviews. Gower Champion also did it –...Continue Reading
The post Maybe a Return to MARGARITAVILLE? appeared first on Br…
SOURCE: broadwayselect.com at 01:33AMMonday, March 26, 2018
“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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SOURCE: broadwayselect.com at 02:49PMSunday, March 18, 2018
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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SOURCE: broadwayselect.com at 09:05PMSunday, March 11, 2018
Many men get off while fantasizing about little women, but in Don Nguyen’s HELLO, FROM THE CHILDREN OF PLANET EARTH,...Continue Reading
The post HELLO, FROM THE CHILDREN OF PLANET EARTH: N…
SOURCE: broadwayselect.com at 09:25PMMonday, February 26, 2018
Who’s the only playwright capable of dreaming up this scenario? A convicted man is about to face the noose. He...Continue Reading
The post HANGMEN: Another Thrilling Martin McDonagh Thrill…
SOURCE: broadwayselect.com at 01:52PMSunday, February 25, 2018
Well, it ain’t THE RING CYCLE. But JERRY SPRINGER: THE OPERA does make good on its title’s last two words....Continue Reading
The post JERRY SPRINGER: THE OPERA (or So It Insists) appear…
SOURCE: broadwayselect.com at 09:35PMSunday, February 18, 2018
Of the hundred-plus pre-Broadway tryouts that I’ve witnessed – literally in Philly, Boston and Baltimo’ – one of the most...Continue Reading
The post 1600 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE Lives! …
SOURCE: broadwayselect.com at 09:46PMMonday, February 12, 2018
In musical theater, there’s one cliché that doesn’t hold true. “You never get a second chance to make a first...Continue Reading
The post LOVE NEVER DIES: And This Musical Hasn’t, E…
SOURCE: broadwayselect.com at 12:55AMMonday, February 5, 2018
What a bitch. That’s a terrible thing to say about anyone, of course, but let the punishment fit the crime...Continue Reading
The post THE HOMECOMING QUEEN: The Character You Love to Hate …
SOURCE: broadwayselect.com at 12:53AMSunday, January 28, 2018
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
The post MILES FOR MARY: Much Less Than a Mile Away from Success a…
SOURCE: broadwayselect.com at 08:20PMMonday, January 22, 2018
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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SOURCE: broadwayselect.com at 12:59AMMonday, January 15, 2018
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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SOURCE: broadwayselect.com at 12:38AMMonday, January 8, 2018
They came to have a good time, and indeed they did. Once again, playgoers at B Street Theatre in Sacramento...Continue Reading
The post B Street Theatre Is Moving to A-Level Accommodations a…
SOURCE: broadwayselect.com at 12:21AMMonday, January 1, 2018
Mel Brooks might have been incorrect. It’s not necessarily good to be the king. Take King Philippe V (1683-1746). He...Continue Reading
The post FARINELLI Hits a High Note appeared first o…
SOURCE: broadwayselect.com at 12:12AMMonday, December 18, 2017
You’re having dinner at someone’s house and are fed one utterly delicious dish after another. Eventually you’re so full...Continue Reading
The post The Second Time on This Islan…
SOURCE: broadwayselect.com at 12:42AMMonday, December 11, 2017
“And then I woke up.” How many times have grammar-school teachers run into this line at the end of...Continue Reading
The post METEOR SHOWER: Oh, the Weather Inside is Frightful a…
SOURCE: broadwayselect.com at 12:04AMSunday, December 3, 2017
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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SOURCE: broadwayselect.com at 10:12PM 
