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. [...]
19Jan12
“Rent” at New World Stages
It’s been nearly four years since I last saw Rent live on stage. It was February 26, 2008, and I’d won the lottery for a seat in the front row. The performance was an incredible way to wrap up seeing the show on Broadway (it ended it’s run September 7, 2008 after 5,139 performances over [...]
16Oct11
Footloose (2011)
This is the third version of Footloose I’ve seen. Of course I saw the original film back in 1984 (when I was 15 and a high school sophomore). I saw the 1998 Broadway musical version as well. This Footloose remake does its source material proud and made me ridiculously happy. There’s a healthy mix of [...]
Frequent readers of this blog know that I have an obsession with the 1988 Broadway flop Carrie. Over the years I’ve collected a copy of the Broadway script, bootleg recordings of the London and Broadway shows, a B-reel of the footage used with reviews and even managed to get a complete DVD of the Broadway [...]
22Jun11
Footloose: Then and Now
An all new Footloose hits theaters in October, 27 years after the original. The first trailer was just released… take a moment to compare and contrast for yourself (and apologies that you have to sit through an ad before the new trailer…it’s kinda tacky to have an ad before something that is in itself an [...]
5Jun11
Now. Here. This.
It’s an exciting day. It’s been over two years since [title of show] ended its way too short Broadway run. Today we got to see the new work from the [tos] creators: Now. Here. This. It’s billed as a theatri-concert and is playing through June 19 as part of the Vineyard Theatre’s Developmental Lab. The show is [...]
28May11
Lucky Guy
We’ve kept an eye on Lucky Guy since we’d first heard about it. The show sounded fun and it had actors in it that we liked. When the show announced a pre-mature closing last Thursday (after only being officially open for a week), we went to tkts on Friday to pickup tickets for today’s matinee. [...]
