In 1974, Mack and Mabel only had 66 performances on Broadway. The Jerry Herman score however, had yet to be experienced in its full glory for New York audiences. Until, that is, New York City Center revived the show as the first in the Encores! series for the year. And...
A star-studded cast, a week to put together a show, and the 50th Anniversary of one of Andrew Lloyd Webber's beloved shows. The result? The glorious chaos that is Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat.
Far from the anniversary production that played the London P...
When the first words spoken in Bess Wohl's Grand Horizons are about wanting a divorce, you're going to want to know exactly how that happened. Bill (James Cromwell) and Nancy (Jane Alexander) have spent fifty years as husband and wife, but now that they've settled into...
A Soldier's Play, the 1982 Pulitzer Prize winner has finally made its arrival to Broadway. Helmed by director Kenny Leon, this play about the effects of institutionalized racism packs an incredibly powerful punch.
Capt. Richard Davenport (Blair Underwood) has been assi...
In My Name is Lucy Barton, based on the novel of the same name by Elizabeth Strout, Laura Linney plays the titular character. Lucy is a middle aged New York author, recalling a summer several years ago when she spent an extended period of time in the hospital. She tell...
With so many shows coming to Broadway in the spring, here are the ones that I am especially looking forwards to!
1. Six - My love for this show is well known, having previously seen it in London and seeing the American company in Boston during their run at American Rep....
In the economically depressed Dublin of the 1980s, against the backdrop of the Irish Sea, Conor (Brenock O'Connor) and his family have hit hard times. His father, Robert (Billy Carter), is an architect unable to find work; his mother, Penny (Amy Warren), is working par...
Jagged Little Pill isn't based on the life of Alanis Morissette. Instead, the story of the Healy family in Connecticut has been created to fit the chaotic, emotional, and complex nature of Morissette's songs. And it works beautifully, becoming a show that is unapologet...
After becoming a holiday staple at London's Old Vic, Jack Thorne has brought his adaption of A Christmas Carol to Broadway. You know the story of Ebenezer Scrooge (Campbell Scott), a man who can't even use Christmas as an excuse to stop working. So frustrated by the ho...
While The Inheritance may be a story about gay men living in the present, it is clearly influenced by the past. The primary influence is Howards End author E.M. Forster who appears as a guide to help these men finish telling their story. Borrowing from Forster, wh...
