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...
Thursday, April 17, 2025

Sadie Sink stars in 'John Proctor is the Villain' on Broadway

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  The description of John Proctor is the Villain , a new play by Kimberly Belflower at the Booth Theatre, sounded promising.  Five teenage g...
Saturday, April 12, 2025

'Boop! The Musical' earns its exclamation point

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  When I go to a show directed and choreographed by Jerry Mitchell I expect large, splashy dance numbers and overall well-executed staging a...
Wednesday, April 9, 2025

LaChanze makes her New York directoral debut with 'Wine in the Wilderness'

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  After sitting through Classic Stage Company’s production of Alice Childress’ 1969 play Wine in the Wilderness last night I can understand ...

'All the Beauty in the World' and the healing power of art

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  Grieving the death of his older brother from cancer, journalist Patrick Bringley left his job at The New Yorker, with his perch above Broa...
Friday, April 4, 2025

George Clooney makes a powerful Broadway debut in 'Good Night, and Good Luck

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  At the end of Good Night, and Good Luck, after all the well-deserved applause had finally died down in the Winter Garden Theatre I was fil...
Thursday, April 3, 2025

Sarah Snook is Dorian Gray -- and everyone else

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  Sarah Snook is the Cory Booker of theatre, stamina personified.  Not only does she portray all 26 characters in The Picture of Dorian Gray...