Life Upon the Sacred Stage
This site features news, reviews and insights into the worlds of faith and the performing arts.
Thursday, August 14, 2025
Elizabeth McGovern returns to the New York stage as Ava Gardner
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I don’t recall ever hearing such noticeably tepid applause as I experienced last night at New York City Center following the performance o...
Tuesday, August 5, 2025
Joy comes to town
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Joy: A New True Musical is a rags to riches story about a divorced, recently fired Long Island woman who makes a fortune inventing a diff...
Saturday, July 26, 2025
'Rolling Thunder' features some of the best music of my life
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Rolling Thunder: A Rock Journey at New World Stages is Boomer heaven, a two-hour evening of 17 of the top songs of the late 60s and early ...
Sunday, June 22, 2025
Jean Smart returns to Broadway in 'Call Me Izzy'
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The minute Jean Smart stepped onto the stage at Studio 54 the audience greeted her with enthusiastic applause. I said to myself, She must...
Saturday, April 26, 2025
Jeremy Jordan stars in 'Floyd Collins'
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I was disappointed by the production of Floyd Collins at Lincoln Center’s Vivian Beaumont Theater. I have wanted to see this musical since...
Saturday, April 19, 2025
'Smash', mediocre TV becomes mediocre Broadway
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Mounting a Broadway musical is an expensive proposition, in the ballpark of $25 million, and risky if it happens to be a new, untried show...
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