BETTY BOOP, TIME TRAVELER
When Betty Boop was introduced to the American public in 1930, she quickly became not only the symbol of a Depression-era jazz flapper...
DEATH BECOMES HER: CAMP THROUGH AND THROUGH
The new musical DEATH BECOMES HER is the newest on Broadway to take its place in a long line of movie-into-musicals. The 1992 film, a...
SMASHED-UP
One of the most anticipated musicals of this Broadway season has been more than 10 years coming. In 2012 , SMASH, a television series...
FLOYD COLLINS: TOO MINIMALIST FOR ITS OWN GOOD
“Floyd Collins”, a cult musical about a young man trapped inside a cave, finally makes it to Broadway as a Lincoln Center Production. ...
GYPSY - Audra does it again.
Once again the great American musical, “Gypsy”, returns to Broadway in full revival. Since its premiere in 1957 with the one and only...
A WONDERFUL WORLD - THE MUSIC'S THE THING
Even with an uninspired book, “A Wonderful World The Louis Armstrong Musical” is an entertaining musical, based on the enduring appeal of...
SUNSET BLVD - SPECTACLE RULES
This review was written for the German magazine Blickpunkt Musical for which Mr. Dwyer is US reviewer. When the aging, German-born,...
NEXT TO NORMAL - Barrington Stage Company
n. And, given the increase in public awareness of mental Barrington Stage Company’s production of the Pulitzer Prize and Tony-winning...
CABARET at the KIT KAT CLUB
Cynicism has always informed the musical “Cabaret” but it’s all in its commercial and artistic glory in the transfer to Broadway of...
GATSBY at A.R.T. in Cambridge, MA
Blessedly, the musical version The Great Gatsby” that premiered at the American Repertory Theater (A R. T.) in Cambridge, Massachusetts -...
