ANDREW LLOYD WEBER’S BAD CINDERELLA - Not a good kind of bad.
Andrew Lloyd Webers’ new musical BAD CINDERELLA is a cartoon, which is animated not from story, character or score but from spectacular...
BOB FOSSE’S DANCIN’
This review was written for BLICKPUNKT MUSICALE, the German magazine on international musical theatre for which Mr. Dwyer is US...
PARADE - A most relevant revival
"We'll sing Dixie again” proclaims the Southern mob celebrating Confederate Memorial Day in 1913 in the opening number of the musical...
SOME LIKE IT HOT - I like it classic
When Billy Wilder finally relented and attended the 1993 premiere of the musical version of his 1950 film noir classic “Sunset...
A BEAUTIFUL NOISE - All About Neil
“A Beautiful Noise: The Neil Diamond Musical” is the kind of jukebox musical jukebox musicals would want to be: a bio-musical (Diamond...
KIMBERLY AKIMBO: Real musical theatre at last
To a Broadway awash in juke-box musicals, musicals based on movies, bio-musicals, and over-produced revivals comes “Kimberly Akimbo” - ...
&JULIET: Can't stop the jukebox
“&Juliet: The New Musical” , a jukebox, hip retelling of Shakepeare’s “Romeo and Juliet” should be more aptly subtitled “The Max Martin...
ALMOST FAMOUS: Can't be forgotten soon enough
“Almost Famous”, the 2000 American film written and directed by Cameron Crowe, is a delightful coming-of-age story, a mirthful look at...
A MAN OF NO IMPORTANCE - Classic Stage Company
At the Classic Stage Company (CSC), New York’s leading Off-Broadway venue for the revival of both dramatic and musical classics old and...
1776: It’s In The Book
The most trenchant scene in the Broadway revival of “1776” is the dramatic conclusion wherein Thomas Jefferson - after relentless...