Thursday, April 17, 2014
It's a tale tested (and honored, and wrinkled) by time: a bright-eyed youngster falls in love with art, pursues it to no avail, gets discouraged, plans to quit, and then, at the last possibl…
Linked From TalkinBroadway at 06:53PM"Going Up" studio cast recording and "Andy Capp" original London cast recording.
Linked From TalkinBroadway at 11:13AMWednesday, April 16, 2014
Dreams can be magical, uplifting, portentous, or oppressive — or, sometimes, all four at once.
Linked From TalkinBroadway at 06:25PMTuesday, April 15, 2014
Facts, John Adams wrote, are stubborn things — if not always as trustworthy as we may like.
Linked From TalkinBroadway at 08:37PMSomewhere is, on a certain level, a wistful drama about those who dream on while reality forcibly threatens them.
Linked From TalkinBroadway at 09:44AMMonday, April 14, 2014
Jeffrey Hatcher's theatrical adaptation of George Bernard Shaw's novel "An Unsocial Socialist" has all the earmarks of Shaw's better-known plays: witty, erudite dialogue; arch and sarcastic …
Linked From TalkinBroadway at 02:38PMOn stage at the McCarter in a felicitous translation/adaptation of the latter 18th century French commedia dell'arte The Barber of Seville. Originally conceived of as a comic opera, the play…
Linked From TalkinBroadway at 10:37AMSunday, April 13, 2014
Is she the dream, or is it you? It's impossible not to wonder this once the titular star appears in the opening moments of the revival of Lady Day at Emerson's Bar & Grill, which just opened…
Linked From TalkinBroadway at 07:17PMFriday, April 11, 2014
A production of Midsummer that can't make Puck work has a serious problem.
Linked From TalkinBroadway at 01:33PM42nd Street Moon is presenting its very first world premiere musical at the Eureka Theatre ... Magic Theatre is currently presenting the world premiere of Scottish playwright Linda McLean's …
Linked From TalkinBroadway at 12:01PMHere they area collection paired up for your musical inspectiona formidable musical theatre actress well matched to songs favored by one of our greatest playwrights; lovers from thousand o…
Linked From TalkinBroadway at 09:47AMThursday, April 10, 2014
Has the high price of theatre tickets got you down? Concerned that you don't get enough bang for your buck? Tired of having to pick just one type of show when you may want something more lay…
Linked From TalkinBroadway at 09:19PMMonday, April 7, 2014
Life is a musical-comedy cabaret, old chum, in the Atlantic Theater Company's new revival of The Threepenny Opera at the Linda Gross Theater.
Linked From TalkinBroadway at 07:17PMSunday, April 6, 2014
Humans have long recognized the relationship between laughter and health: “laugh through the pain,” “I laughed so much, it hurt,” and so on.
Linked From TalkinBroadway at 10:40PMSan Jose Repertory Theatre has mounted a stylish and entertaining world premiere of Dan Hoyle and Tony Taccone's new play about Silicon Valley wheeling and dealing ...
Linked From TalkinBroadway at 01:42PMThe basis of Wright's vision is the centrality of religion to the lives of the three partners. One scene lays out the similarities and differences without hitting the audience over the head:…
Linked From TalkinBroadway at 01:41PMSaturday, April 5, 2014
Long Wharf Theatre, in New Haven, presents Fugard along with either Aidan or Dermot McMillan (identical twins who alternate) in this world premiere through April 27th.
Linked From TalkinBroadway at 11:05AMFriday, April 4, 2014
La Mirada has created a small space in its huge space, by curtaining off the wings and the house, and placing seating on three sides of the stage. The result is a theatre that is simultaneou…
Linked From TalkinBroadway at 09:42AMThe Visceral Company, a group that specializes in horror and science fiction plays, is on a roll. Following the one-two punch of Lovecraft: Nightmare Suite and The Mystery Plays, the new pro…
Linked From TalkinBroadway at 09:38AMThursday, April 3, 2014
The odor of dust permeates the air at the Ethel Barrymore well before the action begins in the new revival of A Raisin in the Sun that just opened there.
Linked From TalkinBroadway at 07:04PMLate in Frank Loesser's The Most Happy Fella, the title character, Tony, a Napa Valley grape farmer, hears the true first name of his beloved for the first time.
Linked From TalkinBroadway at 06:02PMNot so gentle the touch in the rollicking A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder, a new Broadway musical, or an old show about a show's troupePrivates on Paradetransferred to CD for the fi…
Linked From TalkinBroadway at 02:59PMOf course, any musical revue will rise or fall by the quality of its musical numbers, and, led by a swinging onstage band, just about every song is a winner, especially as put over by such a…
Linked From TalkinBroadway at 01:54PM... a contemporary version of The Heiress which swaps a high-powered, controlling mother for the film's emotionally abusive father of a plain Jane being romantically pursued by a struggling …
Linked From TalkinBroadway at 01:54PMMonday, March 31, 2014
When you take away the black from a black-comedy movie that's being adapted for the stage, you generally end up draining the comedy as well.
Linked From TalkinBroadway at 06:34PMSunday, March 30, 2014
There’s a reason most musicals that tell a love story — which, let’s face it, is most musicals — are structured around external conflicts...
Linked From TalkinBroadway at 08:14PMIt’s no great secret that, of the many choices we encounter during our everyday lives, some are monumental, some are miniscule, and it’s often all but impossible to tell which are which.…
Linked From TalkinBroadway at 06:46PMSaturday, March 29, 2014
Not much happens in the solo show I Loved, I Lost, I Made Spaghetti which Jacques Lamarre has adapted from the memoir by Giulia Melucci. Still, it is sweet and likeable, and Antoinette LaVec…
Linked From TalkinBroadway at 04:42PMThursday, March 27, 2014
They've made their names on Broadwayas, respectively, a Jersey Boy, a Dreamgirl, and a girl who dreams of life above sea level. The heroes and musical American idols for each are numerous, …
Linked From TalkinBroadway at 02:35PMSan Francisco Playhouse is presenting the world premiere of Lauren Gunderson's superb new drama Bauer based on the life of brilliant abstract artist Rudolf Bauer.
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