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photo: Broadway.comThe criminally underrated musical adaptation of Sister Act (by Alan Menken and Douglas Carter Beane, at the Broadway Theatre) is notable for many reasons, including a brea…
Over the next few weeks, the ShowShowdown team will be providing our opinions on a variety of theatre-related questions that often come up. These are questions that interest us, fascinate us…
Laila Robins, J. Smith-Cameron and Maryann PlunkettPhoto by Joan MarcusWhile watching Richard Nelson's Sweet and Sad at the Public Theatre, I found myself thinking of how much I admire Tony …
The "him" that Kate Baldwin loves is the amazing Sheldon Harnick, lyricist of such classic shows as She Loves Me, Fiddler on the Roof, and The Apple Tree, and honored guest on this CD. And w…
One of the best things about seeing a musical Off-Off-Broadway is hearing unmiked voices--when you can hear them. Unfortunately, only some of the cast members in the Sweet&Tart-Art of Wa…
There are plenty of theater companies out there that produce plays about women who have lost their fathers: grief is a popular topic. But there are few that are willing to risk pursuing such…
At one point, however long ago, you were a kid, and when you were, you probably spent some time playing with toys, making up intricate stories with which the various characters might inter…
Ryan Worsing, Charlotte d'Amboise, and Michael Cusumano (Photo: Jeremy Daniel)
With its 6138th performance on August 22, Chicago became the fourth longest running show in Broadway history.&n…
Okay, not really. Having been on a work-schedule imposed hiatus from the theatre, I managed to get to a few things in a cluster.
The Judy Show: My Life as a Sitcom
Judy Gold is a big old l…
Gershwin Hotel
After watching the Amoralist production of HotelMotel, a pair of one-acts on site at the Gershwin Hotel, I was left with two questions. For Pink Knees on Pale Skin, written a…
Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Cheyenne JacksonPhoto: Kerry LongIf you are at all interested in musical theatre you must see One Night Stand, a documentary about four short musicals that are written,…
Katharine Houghton, Loren Dunn, Robert EliPhoto: Ben HiderOn YouTube you can find faux coming attractions that morph famous films into different genres. The Dark Knight becomes a Pixar carto…
Image: Robert Day
Seán O'Casey once described his play The Silver Tassie (1927-28) as "a generous handful of stones, aimed indiscriminately, with the aim of breaking a few windows." I …
Jessica Delbridge and Allison Hirschlag(Photo: Eli Sands)In Tom Stoppard's Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead, Shakespeare meets Beckett and a good time is had by all--except Rosencrantz …
Death Takes a Holiday is a lovely, old-fashioned musical, with an inviting score by Maury Yeston (which sounds somewhat like his Titanic). The frequently charming book by Thomas Meehan and&n…
I admit it. I'm a Steve Burns groupie. With three children under the age of four, "Blue's Clues" gets plenty of airtime on our television. So curiosity to see Steve sans his sidekick dog led…
Jessica Hecht (photo: T. Charles Erickson) Jessica Hecht has everything an actress could need to be a brilliant Blanche DuBois: talent, sensitivity, compassion, and intelligence. That's why …
The magic of Zarkana begins as soon as you enter the gorgeous lobby at Radio City Music Hall. It may take a moment to notice amid the hubbub of the crowd, but there's a white-faced muscular …
[spoilers below] Sol is in trouble. No matter how hard he tries, he cannot write anymore. He can drink. He can make a mess. He can whine. He can speak with great eloquence. He can have a ner…
The last time I weighed in on Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark, it was being griped about in the press daily, and actors were being gravely injured on a regular basis. Glitches in the flying se…
Elizabeth Taylor as Elizabeth TaylorThe one-woman show Finding Elizabeth Taylor started late today because of technical difficulties. At one point, the star and playwright, Elizabeth Taylor,…
By coincidence, I saw three plays about soldiers in Iraq this weekend (in order of viewing): Ajax in Iraq (not reviewed), Goliath, and The Eyes of Babylon. The Eyes of Babylon is the only on…
M. Scott FrankWhen I tell you the plot of the choreopoem Goliath, written by Takeo Rivera and directed by Alex Mallory, you may find it cliche: David, a smart and sensitive teenager, joins t…
Having actors direct is always a tricky prospect. It's complicated even further when the actor who is directing is also playing a leading role in the same production. That's the main problem…
When you have a chance to hear the New York Philharmonic play a Stephen Sondheim score, you just go. Whatever else happens, you will hear the songs differently, more fully, willingly drown a…
