There's only way that Santino Fontana comes up short in TOOTSIE. He's too tall. Fontana's almost six feet, an atypical...Continue Reading The post TOOTSIE: Not Just the Movie with Songs appe…
SOURCE: broadwayselect.com at 09:03PM[SHARE]Â Before the show, there's no real need to read the Playbill to learn that BURN THIS takes place some...Continue Reading The post BURN THIS: Here It Is Again appeared first on BroadwaySel…
SOURCE: broadwayselect.com at 09:03PM[SHARE]The time is right for THE CRADLE WILL ROCK " more's the pity. Despite the musical's octogenarian status, many lines...Continue Reading The post THE CRADLE WILL ROCK Unsteadily appeared first…
SOURCE: broadwayselect.com at 09:03PM[SHARE]You might assume that when an actor cries on stage, the character's predicament in the script is the reason. In...Continue Reading The post ACCIDENTALLY BRAVE: It Still Counts as Brave appea…
SOURCE: broadwayselect.com at 09:03PM[SHARE]For all the talk of political correctness, sensitivity to women and changes that had to be made to the inherently...Continue Reading The post KISS ME, KATE: One Thing to Be Ashamed Of appear…
SOURCE: broadwayselect.com at 09:03PM[SHARE]In the '50s, many who bought Playboy would insist "I only read it for the interviews." So the presence of...Continue Reading The post SUPERHERO: Well, Yes and No … appeared first on Broadw…
SOURCE: broadwayselect.com at 09:03PM[SHARE]Why has THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME never played Broadway? As shown in Aubrey Berg's recent stunning production at the...Continue Reading The post THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAMEÂ Triumphs app…
SOURCE: broadwayselect.com at 09:03PM[SHARE]In a time when so many dramas and musicals are just Wikipedia articles transferred to dialogue, Deb Margolin hasn't taken...Continue Reading The post You Can't Imagine Where IMAGINING MADOFF…
SOURCE: broadwayselect.com at 09:03PM[SHARE]My, how Toto has changed over the years! You'd expect from the title TOTO TALKS that Dorothy Gale's cairn terrier...Continue Reading The post TOTO TALKS: A Hoot for Those Who Like Hoots appe…
SOURCE: broadwayselect.com at 08:03PM[SHARE]The applause began before the performance did. We've heard that increasingly often before a show starts. The practice began at...Continue Reading The post Yes, MERRILY Is Rolling Along appea…
SOURCE: broadwayselect.com at 08:03PM[SHARE]The words "Sean" and "O'Casey" often come to mind whenever two other words " "Irish theater" " are mentioned. For...Continue Reading The post Welcome Back, SHADOW OF A GUNMAN appeared first …
SOURCE: broadwayselect.com at 08:03PM[SHARE]It sure doesn't look like a courtroom where a trial would take place. If you go to the Abrons...Continue Reading The post THE TRIAL OF THE CATONSVILLE NINE: Indeed, a Trial. appeared …
SOURCE: broadwayselect.com at 08:00PM[SHARE]Some productions wait until the end of the show to dispense Playbills. TRUE WEST should be one of them. For...Continue Reading The post TRUE WEST: Tried and True and False appeared first on …
SOURCE: broadwayselect.com at 08:03PM[SHARE]You've got to admire Zina Goldrich and Marcy Heisler. Nearly four years ago, their musical version of the 1998 film...Continue Reading The post Happily, EVER AFTER Is a Hit appeared first on…
SOURCE: broadwayselect.com at 08:03PM[SHARE]By Peter Filichia Perhaps MCC Theater should return to its original name. In 1986, NYU grads Bob LuPone and Bernie...Continue Reading The post MCC: Welcome to the Neighborhood! appeared firs…
SOURCE: broadwayselect.com at 03:23PM[SHARE]First, read Harper Lee's 1960 Pulitzer Prize-winning TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD. Next, watch Horton Foote's 1962 Oscar-winning screen adaptation. Even...Continue Reading The post TO REFRESH A MOC…
SOURCE: broadwayselect.com at 08:30PM[SHARE]No, my 2019 New Year's Resolution won't be to diet. Why bother? I make that promise every January 1st and...Continue Reading The post Folger Theatre — At Last! appeared first on Broadw…
SOURCE: broadwayselect.com at 08:32PM[SHARE]If you were currently writing a musical about teens in high school, would you mention the words "mean girls" in...Continue Reading The post CLUELESS: Not Quite, Not Quite … appeared first …
SOURCE: broadwayselect.com at 08:44PM[SHARE]Frankly, if I were Lee Hall, I'd be ashamed to take the money. "Adapted by" is his official credit for...Continue Reading The post Beale Street Can't Talk, but Beale Can appeared first on Br…
SOURCE: broadwayselect.com at 12:03AM[SHARE]How many non-theatergoers " the ideal audience for a musical called THE CHER SHOW " will be furious after they...Continue Reading The post THE CHER SHOW with its Chers and Chers Alike appear…
SOURCE: broadwayselect.com at 02:44PM[SHARE]Maybe THE PROM should change its name to THE KISS. Television history was made on Thanksgiving Day by two actresses...Continue Reading The post THE PROM: Give This Musical a Big Kiss! appear…
SOURCE: broadwayselect.com at 08:03PM[SHARE]A "new one" is usually considered something good, even great — and certainly better than a second-hand item. In the...Continue Reading The post THE NEW ONE: Parental Issues appeared fi…
SOURCE: broadwayselect.com at 08:03PM[SHARE]"Country a-changin', gotta change with it!" So Curly tells Laurey in Act Two of OKLAHOMA! Director Daniel Fish apparently agreed...Continue Reading The post OKLAHOMA! … Ohhhh-kayyyyy … a…
SOURCE: broadwayselect.com at 08:05PM[SHARE]The first 45 minutes were so engrossing that I didn't care if the title character ever showed up. Who'd expect...Continue Reading The post KING KONG: 1933 Variations appeared first on Broadw…
SOURCE: broadwayselect.com at 08:00PM[SHARE]Last week, two memorable mothers showed up on a stage and a screen in New York. Playwright Jane Anderson wondered...Continue Reading The post MOTHERS OF THE MAID AND THE CROSSDRESSERS appear…
SOURCE: broadwayselect.com at 04:54PM[SHARE]Expect any review you read of THE LIFESPAN OF A FACT to contain a well-worn phrase that's too often seen...Continue Reading The post THE LIFESPAN OF A FACT: Are You Kidding Me? appeared firs…
SOURCE: broadwayselect.com at 09:05PM[SHARE]You know the joke that starts "How many (collective noun) does it take to change a light bulb?" In APOLOGIA,...Continue Reading The post APOLOGIA: Ah, Those Birthday Parties with the Family …
SOURCE: broadwayselect.com at 09:00PM[SHARE]Actually, I was so involved in the story that I resented when intermission arrived. That's how arresting GIRL FROM THE...Continue Reading The post A Warm Welcome to GIRL FROM THE NORTH COUNT…
SOURCE: broadwayselect.com at 09:00PM[SHARE]Excellent lyricist Anne Croswell once told me how she spent her time on a certain afternoon in the late '50s....Continue Reading The post BEING EARNEST: Being a Musical appeared first on Bro…
SOURCE: broadwayselect.com at 03:19PM[SHARE]As you enter the Two River Theater, you may well be charmed by the set that David Gallo and Viveca...Continue Reading The post PAMELA'S FIRST MUSICAL: First Things First appeared first on Br…
SOURCE: broadwayselect.com at 09:28PM[SHARE]Don't be fooled when the lights come up on THE TRUE. Playwright Sharr White has three people sitting in a...Continue Reading The post THE TRUE: Too True " and Just as Good appeared first on …
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