Of the hundred-plus pre-Broadway tryouts that I've witnessed " literally in Philly, Boston and Baltimo' " one of the most...Continue Reading The post 1600 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE Lives! (Well, i…
SOURCE: broadwayselect.com at 09:46PM[SHARE]In musical theater, there's one cliché that doesn't hold true. "You never get a second chance to make a first...Continue Reading The post LOVE NEVER DIES: And This Musical Hasn't, Either ap…
SOURCE: broadwayselect.com at 12:55AM[SHARE]What a bitch. That's a terrible thing to say about anyone, of course, but let the punishment fit the crime...Continue Reading The post THE HOMECOMING QUEEN: The Character You Love to Hate ap…
SOURCE: broadwayselect.com at 12:53AM[SHARE]It doesn't hit the bull's eye on the target, but it's only one mere circle away from it. MILES FOR...Continue Reading The post MILES FOR MARY: Much Less Than a Mile Away from Success appeare…
SOURCE: broadwayselect.com at 08:20PM[SHARE]Alas, John Lithgow has taken a bit of a beating with his one-man STORIES BY HEART at the American Theatre....Continue Reading The post Lithgow Goes Low appeared first on BroadwaySelect.
SOURCE: broadwayselect.com at 12:59AM[SHARE]Most of the time when people speak of The Golden Age of the Broadway Musical, they start with OKLAHOMA! in...Continue Reading The post UP IN CHEAP SEATS to Expensive Ones Down Below appeared…
SOURCE: broadwayselect.com at 12:38AM[SHARE]They came to have a good time, and indeed they did. Once again, playgoers at B Street Theatre in Sacramento...Continue Reading The post B Street Theatre Is Moving to A-Level Accommodations a…
SOURCE: broadwayselect.com at 12:21AM[SHARE]Mel Brooks might have been incorrect. It's not necessarily good to be the king. Take King Philippe V (1683-1746). He...Continue Reading The post FARINELLI Hits a High Note appeared first on …
SOURCE: broadwayselect.com at 12:12AM[SHARE]You're having dinner at someone's house and are fed one utterly delicious dish after another. Eventually you're so full...Continue Reading The post The Second Time on This Island for …
SOURCE: broadwayselect.com at 12:42AM[SHARE]"And then I woke up." How many times have grammar-school teachers run into this line at the end of...Continue Reading The post METEOR SHOWER: Oh, the Weather Inside is Frightful appea…
SOURCE: broadwayselect.com at 12:04AM[SHARE]If you read a review of a movie and then go to the multiplex, you'll see frame-for-frame exactly what the...Continue Reading The post GOD IS ON HER WAY appeared first on BroadwaySelect.
SOURCE: broadwayselect.com at 10:12PM[SHARE]The audience's grunt came early. With all the charges of sexual harassment in the news, there was an extra punch...Continue Reading The post HARD TIMES, GOOD THEATER appeared first on Broadw…
SOURCE: broadwayselect.com at 02:01PM[SHARE]For the last third of a century, a concerted effort has been made to have children become aware of...Continue Reading The post This Is ILLYRIA, Ladies and Gentlemen appeared first on …
SOURCE: broadwayselect.com at 12:36AM[SHARE]It sounds impossible. And it SHOULD be impossible. But David Greenspan is proving that it isn't. He's decided to memorize...Continue Reading The post STRANGE INTERLUDE: Strange, but True app…
SOURCE: broadwayselect.com at 02:03AM[SHARE]Only the incarcerated disagree. But all other adults will tell you that time goes fast. A fall from grace can...Continue Reading The post TIME AND THE CONWAYS: Time and the Wrong Way appeare…
SOURCE: broadwayselect.com at 05:40AM[SHARE]They must have watched each of "the classic 39 episodes" at least 39 times. For Michael McGrath has indeed become...Continue Reading The post THE HONEYMOONERS: All Hail the Actors! appeared …
SOURCE: broadwayselect.com at 01:09AM[SHARE]It would seem to be an impossible task. How could two writers take one of Shakespeare's "problem plays" and have...Continue Reading The post DESPERATE MEASURES: Better Than Shakespeare! appe…
SOURCE: broadwayselect.com at 02:10AM[SHARE]Was this another way of celebrating WEST SIDE STORY's 60th anniversary? Last week, the venerable 1957 musical was much in...Continue Reading The post A CLOCKWORK ORANGE is the new black-hear…
SOURCE: broadwayselect.com at 01:00AM[SHARE]It's almost getting monotonous. Every new mounting of MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG shows that its many, many assets far outweigh...Continue Reading The post MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG: Redeemed Once Aga…
SOURCE: broadwayselect.com at 01:52AM[SHARE]One of the first lines you'll hear is "I could kill a fag right now." Don't get up to leave....Continue Reading The post ON THE SHORE OF THE WIDE WORLD: Family Values appeared first on Broad…
SOURCE: broadwayselect.com at 01:48AM[SHARE]But why? In his new play INANIMATE, Nick Robideau tells us about an atypical sexual fetish that may surprise some,...Continue Reading The post INANIMATE: A Subject Subjected to No Scrutiny a…
SOURCE: broadwayselect.com at 01:09AM[SHARE]What an understatement. PRINCE OF BROADWAY? He became the king a long time ago. But because Harold's surname is Prince,...Continue Reading The post PRINCE OF BROADWAY: A Misnamed Mini-Master…
SOURCE: broadwayselect.com at 01:42AM[SHARE]Bette Midler may not be getting better or stronger entrance applause. At THE TERMS OF MY SURRENDER, a tsunami of...Continue Reading The post Michael Moore Strikes a Flint and Lights a Fire a…
SOURCE: broadwayselect.com at 01:44AM[SHARE]Experiencing A PARALELLOGRAM at Second Stage is the theatergoer's version of walking into a meadow, spotting a butterfly, trying to...Continue Reading The post A PARALLELOGRAM: Four Sides to…
SOURCE: broadwayselect.com at 01:40AM[SHARE]Last Tuesday night at HELLO, DOLLY! Beanie Feldstein made the audience adore Minnie Fay; David Hyde Pierce and Kate...Continue Reading The post HELLO, DOLLY! — CALL ON DONNA! ap…
SOURCE: broadwayselect.com at 02:02AM[SHARE]Honor thy great-grandfather and great-grandmother. You can do so by seeing AMERIKE " THE GOLDEN LAND at the National Yiddish...Continue Reading The post A New GOLDEN LAND appeared first on B…
SOURCE: broadwayselect.com at 02:38AM[SHARE]And it starts out so good. After we watch the King of Denmark killed and then lying in state, we're...Continue Reading The post HAMLET: Danish Modern appeared first on BroadwaySelect.
SOURCE: broadwayselect.com at 01:42AM[SHARE]Frankly, it isn't that scary. And I'm the kind of guy who shuts his eyes tight whenever I'm subjected to...Continue Reading The post 1984: Or, well … appeared first on BroadwaySelect.
SOURCE: broadwayselect.com at 02:37AM[SHARE]Talk about being "in the room where it happens" … That's exactly where you'll be if you attend BLOOD ON...Continue Reading The post BLOOD ON THE SNOW: History in the Making appeared first …
SOURCE: broadwayselect.com at 01:50AM[SHARE]"People thought I was crazy to do this," he told the audience after he took his final curtain call....Continue Reading The post CLARENCE, IS THAT YOU? appeared first on BroadwaySelect.
SOURCE: broadwayselect.com at 01:42AM[SHARE]Would they applaud and cheer the assassination? Well, we now know that Delta Airlines and Bank of America didn't. But...Continue Reading The post JULIUS CAESAR: Can It Be a Play for Our Time…
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