During the time that Daniel Radcliffe was in How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying Will and I considered going many times and any number of things kept us from going. However, when word came that Darren Criss from Glee was coming into the show for three weeks we didn’t hesitate to order up tickets. [...]
21Dec11
War Horse
When The Lion King debuted in the fall of 1997, Julie Taymor revolutionized Broadway with the use of puppetry in the show. Last spring puppetry moved to a new level on the New York stage with War Horse. In the show, which came to the U.S. from London, won 5 Tony Awards, including Best Play [...]
11Jun11
Tony Awards 2011
The Tony Awards are tomorrow night and as usual I’ve got a few thoughts and predicitions about the night. There were some pleasant surprises in the nominations. I didn’t get to see The Scottsboro Boys because it closed far too fast on Broadway. Critically acclaimed, this show didn’t catch with audiences but the nominators remembered [...]
1May11
The Normal Heart
Larry Kramer’s The Normal Heart debuted in 1985 at the Public Theatre. It just made its Broadway debut this past Wednesday night. It would be nice to say that the show has become dated–it takes place between July 1981 and May 1984. Unfortunately there are too many things that are in the same state 25 [...]
17Apr11
La Cage aux Folles
I am so glad we made the decision to see La Cage aux Folles with Harvey Fierstein and Christopher Sieber. I see now what a wonderful show this can be when done right. We saw the 2004 revival and the show felt mediocre but had a couple of really good songs. While the current revival [...]
11Apr11
Anything Goes
A classic revived beautifully is a wonderful thing and the just-opened Roundabout Theatre Company’s production of Anything Goes is exactly that. The company, led by Tony Winners Sutton Foster and Joel Grey, is outstanding in this highly polished, madcap comedy that is peppered with Cole Porter standards. I admit, when I first heard that Foster [...]
Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark has played just over 100 preview performances. Even with that milestone past, the show came to a screeching halt five minutes or so before the end of today’s matinee. After a battle (which was less than fierce) Spider-Man set Arachne free with his kiss. I suspect we were supposed to [...]
