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Wednesday, April 27, 2016

'Waitress' Serves Up a New Recipe for Movie-to-Musical Adaptations by Jeff Spurgeon

Broadway is home to another a new musical based on a movie. Waitress springs from the 2007 film of the same name and tells the story of a small-town girl, who dreams of an escape from …

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Wednesday, April 20, 2016

In 'Mary Page Marlowe' a Role so Big It Requires 6 Actresses by Jeff Spurgeon

Tracy Letts, the Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright (August: Osage County) and Tony Award-winning actor (Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf), has a new play running at his home company, Chicago-b…

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Wednesday, April 13, 2016

'Exit Strategy': The Final Days of a Failing School by Jeff Spurgeon

Set at an urban public school on the brink of closure for the usual reasons " poor test scores and low graduation rates " playwright Ike Holter's Exit Strategy is an indictment of the …

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Wednesday, March 30, 2016

'Bright Star' by Steve Martin and Edie Brickell Shines on Broadway by Jeff Spurgeon

With a book by comedian/actor/author Steve Martin, lyrics by singer/songwriter Edie Brickell and a bluegrass-inflected score by both, Bright Star comes to Broadway music with its…

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Wednesday, March 16, 2016

Seth Rudetsky and Jack Plotnick Bring 'Disaster!' to Broadway by Jeff Spurgeon

With its suggestive exclamation point, the title of the new Broadway musical Disaster! hints at the campy, over-the-top qualities it brings to the Nederlander Theatre. Set …

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