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CURTAIN UP: The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess
Audra McDonald and Norm Lewis in The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess
Since full, operatic productions of Porgy and Bess materialize relatively infrequently, it’s tempting to recommend to newbies the current Broadway incarnation, now retitled The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess, but that would be a mistake. continue reading »
CURTAIN UP: Him; Lyrics & Lyricists; Jay Rogers & Keith Thompson; Outside People
Matthew Dellapina and Nelson Lee in Outside People
It’s hard to imagine a more dreadful piece of theater than Him. continue reading »
CURTAIN UP: On a Clear Day You Can See Forever, Lysistrata Jones, Close Up Space
Patti Murin and Josh Segarra in Lysistrata Jones
When I first heard that director Michael Mayer and writer Peter Parnell, both of whom are gay, were tinkering with On a Clear Day You Can See Forever by making the show’s lead a gay man, I thought they might be on to something. continue reading »
CURTAIN UP: The Cherry Orchard, The Man Who Came to Dinner, Maple and Vine, Stick Fly
Peter Kim and Pedro Pascal in Maple and Vine; (inset) Mehki Phifer and Tracie Thoms in Stick Fly
Classic Stage Co’s current revival of Chekhov’s The Cherry Orchard is miscast, badly directed and frequently jaw dropping. continue reading »
CURTAIN UP: Bonnie & Clyde. Elective Affinities. Once. Jackie Hoffman’s A Chanukah Charol
Steve Kazee and Cristin Milioti in Once
Do Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow really have to sing? continue reading »
CURTAIN UP: Cheyenne Jackson’s Cocktail Hour, Private Lives, Seminar, An Evening with Patti LuPone and Mandy Patinkin, Schmoolie
Paul Gross & Kim Cattrall in Private Lives
Out Broadway hunk Cheyenne Jackson stepped up his career last month with a spectacular concert at Carnegie Hall with The New York Pops. continue reading »
CURTAIN UP: The Blue Flower; Hugh Jackman, Back on Broadway; Standing on Ceremony; Burning
Mark Consuelos and Craig Bierko (center) in Standing on Ceremony: The Gay Marriage Plays
The Blue Flower, the head-scratching multimedia musical about Dada artists and World War I by husband-and-wife team Jim and Ruth Bauer, is proof that tenacity and patronage can result in a high-profile production for even the messiest piece of writing. continue reading »
CURTAIN UP: Chinglish; Other Desert Cities; Venus in Fur
Venus in Fur
David Henry Hwang’s Chinglish, a charming play about cultural differences that arise when an American businessman in China must rely on translators to communicate, has been given an opulent production in its transfer to Broadway from the Goodman Theater in Chicago where it debuted this spring. continue reading »
CURTAIN UP: Sons of the Prophet; Queen of the Mist; Godspell
Sons of the Prophet
First seen this past spring at the Huntington in Boston, out playwright Stephen Karam’s latest work, Sons of the Prophet, has already been hailed as one of the best plays of the new theater season—and deservedly so. continue reading »
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