Saturday, May 24, 2025

A Mixed Bag of Late Spring Broadway Openings

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As is the custom, late Spring saw a flurry of openings on Broadway this year.  In contrast to many prior years, I found this year's spri...
Wednesday, April 02, 2025

“Streetcar” & “Purpose” Invigorate NY Spring Theater

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Tennessee Williams’ classic plays seem to be particularly well suited to creative reimaginings by talented directors.  Among those directors...
Tuesday, February 04, 2025

'Primary Trust' Is Beautifully Rendered in DFW

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Eboni Booth's Pulitzer Prize winning play "Primary Trust"  is one of the best written and structured plays of the past decade....
Tuesday, December 17, 2024

2024 Theater's 10(ish) Best Shows

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As a general matter, theatrically speaking this year was a significant improvement over the last one, and I had no trouble finding 10 plus p...
Wednesday, November 06, 2024

"Sunset Boulevard" Electrifies Broadway; "Bad Kreyól" Is Off-Broadway's Highlight

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"Dynamic," "thrilling," "cutting-edge" and "explosive" are words I could not have imagined being ass...
Wednesday, July 31, 2024

In Chicago "Little Bear" Is Perfection, & Entertaining "Midnight" Needs Focus

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 A few months back I posted on Steppenwolf Theatre's outstanding production of Brandon Jacobs Jenkins' new play "Purpose."...
Sunday, June 23, 2024

"CATS" Is Joyfully Resurrected in Ballroom Culture Infused Reimagining/Revival

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Here is a sentence I never thought I would find myself typing- I love Andrew Lloyd Webber's  "Cats."  At least I love the reim...
Saturday, June 15, 2024

If I Were Picking The Tony Award Winners 2024

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 If I were choosing the winner of the Tony Awards, which are awarded tomorrow evening, my choices (what I think deserves to win, not a predi...
Saturday, May 18, 2024

NY SPRING THEATER REPORT #2: THIS YEAR, THE PLAYS ARE THE THING

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At the end of 2023, things seemed dire for serious plays on Broadway.  Outside of the outstanding revival of Branden Jacobs-Jenkins' ...
Saturday, April 27, 2024

DUPLICITY & DENIAL IN BRANDEN JACOBS JENKINS' "APPROPRIATE" & "PURPOSE"

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At the end of 2023 I saw the current expertly cast revival of Branden Jacobs Jenkins' "Appropriate" on Broadway.  It was the o...
Saturday, March 30, 2024

NY SPRING THEATER REPORT #1

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The Spring theater openings in New York are numerous and varied this year.  While April will yield the most numerous new offerings in years,...
Wednesday, December 20, 2023

2023'S 10 BEST THEATRICAL PRODUCTIONS

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2023 was a relatively meager year for theater, and the first year in memory that I had to stretch to come up with 10 worthy productions that...
Sunday, October 22, 2023

Sondheim/Ives' "Here We Are" Is The Highlight of Fall NY Theater Season

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Unfortunately, there is little to be excited about with respect the new shows opening this fall in New York City.  There is not a serious dr...
Sunday, October 08, 2023

Raucous & Rollicking "Rocky Horror" Rocks the Kalita Theater

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How does one make the very campy, intentionally inane 1973 minted musical "Rocky Horror Show" feel fresh and current?  Indeed, the...
Monday, March 20, 2023

Spring Theater in NY: A Mesmerizing "Doll's House," A Lackluster "Sweeney Todd," & Updating Mythology Through a Black Lens in "Black Odyssey"

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Spring theater in New York is approaching full bloom, and my latest visit was a mixed bag of shows. By far, the best show of my visit was th...