217 stories by "CARA JOY DAVID"
Here's what Nora Ephron meant to me, as a Wellesley girl who wanted to go into entertainment. Ephron showed that it could be done, and by "it," I mean anything.
There are two nominated individuals whom I believe deserved to win Tony Awards over their competition: Tracie Bennett and Hugh Vanstone.
Despite the trip from the Berkshires barn to the La Jolla Playhouse to New York Theater Workshop and now to Broadway, Peter and the Starcatcher has by all accounts maintained its original fe…
She laughed at a few remarks, but others that led to an uproarious response in most people, caused my mother to roll her eyes in disgust. You see, at the root of it, she was shocked by the s…
Thompson has just the right mix of vocal prowess and slapstick ability. Nice Work If You Can Get It is far from the best thing she's ever done but her genius is apparent in her featured role…
I'm very attached to Love, Loss and What I Wore. I don't think I've ever sent as many people to an off-Broadway show as I have to this play. So it is with sadness that I reflect on its closi…
Let me welcome the William Shatner VIP ticket and all the stunts to come. I do so love the fun of it all. Of course, there is no dignity associated it, but you can't ask too much these days.
People spend a lot of money to buy Broadway show tickets. Part of me understands audience members thinking that price of admission allows them to behave as they want. The much larger part of…
The National Alliance for Musical Theatre has always been about giving shows that haven't had a big shot, a shot. That is why I was a little surprised to find Bloodsong of Love on this year'…
The thing about Patti LuPone and Mandy Patinkin is they're safe bets. You know what you are getting; you know what the delivery is going to be like. With Patti and Mandy, if you like such th…
Producing musicals is a tricky business. It takes a lot of money and a lot of patience. There are of course the success stories that make it all worthwhile -- David Stone could never work a …
The Addams Family will end its Broadway run at the end of 2011. It will give up the ghost (and will give its theater to Ghost) in December. However its closing notice should not overshadow t…
I am not sure I ever thought I'd be sitting at Lincoln Center seeing a "Korean, Broadway-style musical." I knew such a thing existed, but I wouldn't have thought I'd be seeing it i…
We'll see what happens with Porgy and Bess. It could be amazing -- I truly hope it is. For now it simply stands as a cautionary tale. Not all press is good press.
As emphasis on new media continues to grow, "ordinary people" reviews are increasingly considered important. One indication of this is the Sister Act confessional in the Broadway T…
Traditionally Cirque shows have played outside Manhattan proper. However this year, the circus arts have landed at Radio City. And Cirque just may be taking money away from Broadway shows.
When the Tony Award nominations are announced this Tuesday, there won't be nominees announced for a Special Theatrical Event award. That is because last season the folks at the Tonys decided…
My mother calls whenever she hears about anything with a Jewish premise or a Jewish character or even a Jewish actor. In honor of the fast-approaching Mother's Day, I wanted to write a post …
L.A. is not exactly known as a theater town, but there are worthy things to see in the area. My last trip just happened to coincide with the opening of Jane Anderson's The Escort.
We're heavy into the spring season. The flowers are blooming. Flops are already being declared (that's you, Catch Me If You Can), and I'm in the mood to look ahead to this year's Tony Award …
This fall I was puzzled by quite a few things on Broadway. I didn't foresee Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson tumbling so quickly. It had no stars, but neither did Spring Awakening.
A major problem with Spider-Man is that the scenes are mis-punctuated. This is a problem with much of Taymor's work: She creates visually stunning pictures, but often character development s…
It's often said that going too far down the rabbit hole may not be a good idea. One wonders if that is just what the producing team behind Wonderland has done.
Broadway is mired in tradition -- for instance, there are no reviews prior to opening night. In light of the Spider-Man debacle, I have been wondering whether this tradition is somewhat frau…
"Almost, Maine," which closed shortly after it opened Off Broadway, is now popular abroad and in high schools.
