Stevens and Treadway gravitate towards original plays that, like WAR DREAMER, look at extreme human behavior and have an experimental edge
SOURCE: Culture Bot at 08:40AM[SHARE]Â Victoria Clark is no Madeline Kahn. That's also true of Steven Boyer, Justin Cooley, Bonnie Milligan and Alli Mauzey....Continue Reading The post DROPPING IN ON KIMBERLY AKIMBO appeared…
SOURCE: broadwayselect.com at 11:57AM[SHARE]Â How does he do it?!?!?! It's an oft-heard question at any magic show, and it's certainly heard at ASI...Continue Reading The post ASI WIND'S INNER CIRCLE: PICK A CARD, ANY CARD appeared…
SOURCE: broadwayselect.com at 03:04PM[SHARE]And to think that in 1981 they couldn't give tickets away. To be fair, however, the MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG...Continue Reading The post NOW IT ROLLS ALONG MERRILY appeared first on BroadwaySel…
SOURCE: broadwayselect.com at 09:31AM[SHARE]And they say that Bobby in COMPANY is a cipher. Sondheim and Furth's character is a six-point-six on the Richter...Continue Reading The post ALMOST FAMOUS: IT ISN'T MILLER TIME appeared firs…
SOURCE: broadwayselect.com at 09:45AM[SHARE]As you begin to watch the current revival of 1776, don't forget the 10-minute rule. It's been attributed to Sondheim,...Continue Reading The post ONE WAY TO VIEW THIS 1776 appeared first on …
SOURCE: broadwayselect.com at 02:21PM[SHARE]After lyricist Leo Robin had written a song for The Big Broadcast of 1938, he incurred the censor's wrath. No,...Continue Reading The post THE SHAW FESTIVAL'S 60th ANNIVERSARY SEASON appeare…
SOURCE: broadwayselect.com at 09:55PM[SHARE] Good Lord! This is the same actor who, as a teen, was so endearing as Arpad in the 2016...Continue Reading The post THE OH-SO-BAD BUTCHER BOY appeared first on BroadwaySelect.
SOURCE: broadwayselect.com at 09:03PM[SHARE]All right, you missed MACBETH, PLAZA SUITE and AMERICAN BUFFALO, which all finished their runs as scheduled on July 10....Continue Reading The post HOW TO THEATRICALLY SPEND YOUR SUMMER VACA…
SOURCE: broadwayselect.com at 09:07PM[SHARE]If you've written a song called "Never Say No," aren't you automatically required to say "Yes!" to any suggestion? Nevertheless,...Continue Reading The post THE FANTASTICKS: THE BOYS NEXT DO…
SOURCE: broadwayselect.com at 04:44PM[SHARE]One big mistake made in the new revival of FUNNY GIRL has nothing to do with Beanie Feldstein. Those who...Continue Reading The post FUNNY GIRL: FELDSTEIN ON BROADWAY appeared first on Broad…
SOURCE: broadwayselect.com at 03:03AM[SHARE]Â Seeing Matthew Broderick and Sarah Jessica Parker in PLAZA SUITE brought to mind the real surprise that theatergoers had...Continue Reading The post PLAZA SUITES TO THE SWEET AND SOUR a…
SOURCE: broadwayselect.com at 09:03PM[SHARE]Â How many hundreds of times have critics said "If you liked [name of old show], you'll love [name of...Continue Reading The post MJ: I'M BAD appeared first on BroadwaySelect.
SOURCE: broadwayselect.com at 01:00AM[SHARE]Think of a piece of wallpaper whose edge in the upper corner has come loose from insufficient or incompetent glue....Continue Reading The post SIGNS OF INTELLIGENT LIFE … BUT … appeared …
SOURCE: broadwayselect.com at 06:40AM[SHARE]As soon as the curtain rises on PASS OVER, we immediately have two questions. What is there at the bottom...Continue Reading The post PASS OVER: Hardly a Religious Ceremony appeared first on…
SOURCE: broadwayselect.com at 04:55AM[SHARE]As always, a Scott Miller book is one I reach for with relish. In his previous tomes, Miller has proved...Continue Reading The post SCOTT MILLER'S NEW GOLDEN AGE OF MUSICALS appeared first o…
SOURCE: broadwayselect.com at 11:29AM[SHARE]As Albert Blossom sings in DOCTOR DOLITTLE, "I've never seen anything like it in my life." You haven't, either. And...Continue Reading The post DANA H. " as in Higginbotham AND as in Hell ap…
SOURCE: broadwayselect.com at 05:42PM[SHARE]"What's the worst thing that you've ever seen in all your trips to the theater?" It's a question that people...Continue Reading The post A COCKTAIL PARTY Is an EXPERIMENT That Fails appeared…
SOURCE: broadwayselect.com at 02:27PM[SHARE]Oh, why not?! Let's face it: WEST SIDE STORY, in their faithful 1980 and 2009 revivals, set few pulses racing...Continue Reading The post WEST SIDE STORY: Live on Stage " and on Screen appea…
SOURCE: broadwayselect.com at 08:11PM[SHARE]Wouldn't a play with Josephine Baker, Margaret Sanger, Langston Hughes and Adam Clayton Powell have terrific dramatic possibilities? After all,...Continue Reading The post BLUES FOR AN ALABA…
SOURCE: broadwayselect.com at 08:53PM[SHARE]The first words that we hear come courtesy of an onstage Band Leader. "It's 1969." Those who didn't know that...Continue Reading The post BOB & CAROL & TED & ALICE & SONGS ap…
SOURCE: broadwayselect.com at 08:19PM[SHARE]On my way to baggage claim, I locked eyes with the lovely lady who was sitting at the welcome table...Continue Reading The post MOJADA: A MEDEA IN LOS ANGELES: Met It in St. Louis appeared f…
SOURCE: broadwayselect.com at 01:56PM[SHARE]You may have noticed that Broadway Select wasn't around for about a week. Damn those hackers! In the interim, I...Continue Reading The post There's Been a Women's March on Theater, Too! appe…
SOURCE: broadwayselect.com at 08:22PM[SHARE]This week, let's review an artistic director. James C. Nicola of New York Theatre Workshop gets a rave. He's been...Continue Reading The post JAMES C. NICOLA KEEPS THE "NEW" IN NEW YORK THEA…
SOURCE: broadwayselect.com at 06:14PM[SHARE]This review will not sport any jokes or puns about the film version of CATS. No, it's not a very...Continue Reading The post CATS Unmocked appeared first on BroadwaySelect.
SOURCE: broadwayselect.com at 08:23PM[SHARE]If you wanted to know who they were, they weren't gentlemen of Japan, but of England. Theatergoers weren't immediately in...Continue Reading The post THE MIKADO: Well, It IS in the Public Do…
SOURCE: broadwayselect.com at 08:34PM[SHARE]In one way, THE THIN PLACE is a drama critic's dream " at least for the first 60 of its...Continue Reading The post THE THIN PLACE: Slim and Lean appeared first on BroadwaySelect.
SOURCE: broadwayselect.com at 08:46PM[SHARE]Sophisticated writers often stack the deck when writing about suburban families. JAGGED LITTLE PILL, now at the Broadhurst, seems to...Continue Reading The post JAGGED LITTLE PILL: Not So Ha…
SOURCE: broadwayselect.com at 08:32PM[SHARE]December theatergoers can always see a slew of shows that celebrate Christmas, Chanukah and Kwanzaa. How they uplift us and...Continue Reading The post IT ISN'T BEGINNING TO LOOK A LOT LIKE …
SOURCE: broadwayselect.com at 12:39PM[SHARE]"I felt while I was writing this play that I was getting away with murder." So said Maria Irene Fornes...Continue Reading The post FEFU AND HER FRIENDS: Don't Fasten Your Seats Belts appeare…
SOURCE: broadwayselect.com at 08:03PM[SHARE]In 2007 alone, it was produced by the estimable Manhattan Theatre Club and won The Susan Smith Blackburn Prize that...Continue Reading The post PUMPGIRL: And All the Rest Is Talk appeared fi…
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