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Sink shines in using her physicality here. With more room for her and the other actors to play and relax, there's potential for this production to be even better. But despite its shortcoming…
"John Proctor Is the Villain" is the best play of the season, but even more significantly, it is a feminist masterpiece sure to become one of the defining works of art from and about the #Me…
Forget the villain " Belflower's play hits as hard as it does because at its heart, fighting their way through one hell of a junior year, are the kind of heroes we actually need.
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But although themes and incidents from The Crucible reverberate throughout this work, you don't need to be an expert on Miller's drama to appreciate this one. Belflower's first Broadway play…
And as events unfold that could break a small town apart and almost certainly make national news, the characters stick to a sit-com style. That's the play that Belflower wanted to write, and…
It's a testament to the subtle brilliance of Kimberly Belflower's writing and Danya Tamor's direction that you can hardly feel the 105-minute, no-intermission runtime of John Proctor Is the …
Combined, John Proctor Is the Villain not only serves as a modern day recontextualization of the original play, but also a laugh-out-loud funny and deeply affecting examination of girlhood, …
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"Smash," which opened on Thursday at the Imperial Theater, is more of a who'll-do-it, and when the big song comes, it's a killer. But the effect is the same: It's the great musical comedy no…
"Smash" sells the promise of slap-happy Broadwayâ„¢, but don't be fooled: Elice and Martin have salted the whole thing with disdain. Contempt is what they must have for actors, writers, …
The sharpness of the production's cynicism shines through, assisted by the strength of the musical numbers and the all-around stellar performances, which imbue a palpable love of the form wi…
Hurder shines as a triple-threat of perfect comic timing, stunning vocals, and athletic dance. She expertly maintains vocal stability whether giving high-kicks or being whisked off mid-air b…
For those fans dying for more "Smash" content, this musical will absolutely scratch that (more than seven-year) itch; for those uninitiated, this production offers a high-energy, fun musical…
I'm a sucker for a self-referential theatrical tale. Give me an All That Jazz or a 42ndStreet and I'm happy. But in the version of Smash that made it to the stage, the magic flickers out.
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With its transition to the stage, Smash finally realizes its full potential as a hilarious, pointed satire that both skewers and celebrates the Great White Way.
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It's hard to judge whose decisions are more misguided: those of the back-stabbing, wacky creators of "Bombshell," the fictional musical comedy about Marilyn Monroe we see implode, or the ver…
It's not that the musical all goes wrong, exactly. With a cast as good as this one " Robyn Hurder, The Prom's Brooks Ashmanskas, Krysta Rodriguez, John Behlmann and the invaluable Kristine N…
That quality of surprise, crucial to the best episodes of the TV show, is missing from the new live musical staging, which opened Thursday night at the Imperial Theatre. Especially given the…
Celebrate the life and work of the great Stephen Sondheim, with an irresistible company headlined by none other than Tony Award® winners Bernadette Peters and Lea Salonga. Stephen Sondhei…
These gems had been waiting in the 12 tones of the Western scale and the million words of the English language, unobserved, until [Sondheim] came along with his flashlight and pickax. Any op…
"Old Friends" boasts a larger cast than previous Sondheim revues, filled with a mélange of theater stalwarts and newcomers, each finding pockets of comedy, passion and showmanship while mar…
Bernadette Peters " of course! " and Lea Salonga lead a cast of talented singers and hoofers, who make the most of this opportunity to shine.
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This is no musical shiva for close friends and family. More than a tribute, it's a feast " and one of the most heartfelt and joyous shows of the season.
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Once you accept the show's limited ambitions, as I gradually did over the course of this pleasant and jauntily staged musical revue, you can let yourself to have a good time. Sure, Steve him…
Old Friends stretches to two and a half hours, counting an intermission, which is both way too long and woefully incomplete. You can't take offense at the concept " it accomplishes exactly w…
