

GUTENBERG! THE MUSICAL!? Nope.
Josh Gad and Andrew Rannells, whose Broadway breakthrough starring roles were in “The Book of Mormon '' are real performers and bankable...


OUR TOWN - Sharon Playhouse
Sharon Playhouse has mounted a wondrous production of OUR TOWN, my favorite American drama, and, arguably, one of the best plays of the...


INTERVIEW: LYRICIST LYNN AHRENS ON THE TANGLEWOOD RAGTIME CONCERT
After the July 8 evening performance at Tanglewood of RAGTIME: THE SYMPHONIC CONCERT, Dan Dwyer (DD) talked with lyricist Lynn Ahrens...


A NEW BRAIN - Finally, a production worthy of the work
Director Joe Calarco has done it again at Barrington Stage Company (BSC) in Pittsfield with a wonderful, transporting revival of the...


NEW YORK, NEW YORK - LICENSED SONG AS MUSICAL
If one needs any evidence that a beloved pop song can alone be the “raison d’etre” – and the only reason - for a full scale Broadway...


RAGTIME. EVEN BETTER THAN BEFORE.
If there is a highpoint to the Berkshire cultural season, it was realized Saturday evening in the Tanglewood shed with the majestic...


DAYS OF WINE AND ROSES - Atlantic Theater Company
(This review was written for BLICKPUNKT MUSICAL, the German magazine on international musical theatre for which Mr. Dwyer is US...


Cabaret, Again.
Barrington Stage Company's production of “Cabaret”, the first show to be directed by its new artistic director Alan Paul, is bold and...


GOOD NIGHT, OSCAR: A NIGHT IN THE 1950s
“Good Night, Oscar”, an economically composed and effectively directed one-act play about Oscar Levant, comedian/ pianist most popular in...


SHUCKED - ALL CORN
If you love corn - that is, the brand of humor - you’ll love “Shucked”, the country musical that is all about corn. If you don’t like...