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...
WAITING FOR GODOT - AT BSC THE DIRECTOR RULES
My curiosity to see Barrington Stages Company's production WAITING FOR GODOT was based on what director Joe Calarco would do with it. ...
A SONDHEIM FAVORITE IN THE BERKSHIRES: A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC
Yet another production of Stephen Sondheim’s A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC comes to the Berkshires. I can recall three here in the last twenty...
