

BUENA VISTA SOCIAL CLUB
There is little music so emotionally and kinetically infectious than Cuban music and song. Their delirious effect that sears the soul...


HOW TO DANCE IN OHIO
It’s always nice to see Broadway history being made, which is the case with How to Dance in Ohio. It’s not only the first musical whose...


THE GARDENS OF ANUNCIA
Off-Broadway, at the Mitzi Newhouse Theatre at Lincoln Center, was a sweet - if not unduly modest - musical, The Gardens of Anuncia,...


STEPHEN SONDHEIM'S OLD FRIENDS - Gielgud Theatre, London
On a recent quick visit to London, I had just two evenings for theater. Serendipitously, I saw two outstanding productions that feature...


GUYS & DOLLS - Bridge Theatre, London
On a recent quick visit to London, I had just two evenings for theater. Serendipitously, I saw two outstanding productions that feature...


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...