This review was composed to be translated for Blickpunkt Musical, the German magazine on international musical theatre. Familiarity isn't the same as formula, but the two shamelessly , sometimes giddily, intersect in “Mrs. Doubtfire”, a staged reproduction with song and dance of the 1993 Robin Williams’ comedy hit. Seeing “Mrs Doubtfire” is like taking a master class in how to produce a commercial Broadway musical. Start with a movie box office hit, adapt it with seasoned

This review was composed to be translated for Blickpunkt Musical, the German magazine on international musical theatre. The genius of the new musical “MJ '' lies in the musical genius of Michael Jackson himself and the genius of director and choreographer Christopher Wheeldon in celebrating Jackon’s genius. As for “MJ”’s author, two-time Pulitzer Prize winner Lynn Nottage, her genius is how she sidesteps Jackson’s inner demons. Nottage is writing for Jackson’s estate, prim

This review was composed to be translated for Blickpunkt Musical, the German magazine on international musical theatre. Never before has a production of Stephen Sondheim and John Weidman’s’ ASSASSINS 'been more timely and relevant to an American audience than it was in a limited run at Classic Stage Company, (CSC) an Off-Broadway venue in lower Manhattan. And under the razor sharp direction of CSC’s artistic director John Doyle, never has Weidman’s book emerged as trenchant