Showing posts with label Broadway Theatre. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Broadway Theatre. Show all posts
Sunday, April 21, 2019

A visit to Broadway with the BWU senior class with some time for reviewing

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OnStage’s 2018-2019 rankings of musical theater programs ranked Cleveland suburban Baldwin Wallace University' as number 1 in the nati...

MEAN GIRLS, a musical for youth of the 2019s

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In 1958 there was BYE BYE BIRDIE.  1960 brought HAIR.  1971 showcased GREASE.   1980 gave us CARRIE.  Then in 1990 there was 13 (MUSICAL...

FIDLER AFN DAKH ongefelt mit Yiddisha traditsye un veytik (FIDDLER ON THE ROOF filled with Jewish tradition and pain)

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Solomon Rabinovich was a leading Yiddish author and playwright from Ukraine. At the age of fifteen he adopted the pseudonym “Sholem Alei...
Saturday, April 20, 2019

Exquisite, delightful, MY FAIR LADY captivates at Lincoln Center

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What do Rogers and Hammerstein, Irving Berlin, Frank Loesser and Cole Porter all have in common?  Yes, they are all composers of American ...
Thursday, April 18, 2019

THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG is a farcical delight! (Broadway)

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In 1923 there was THE TORCHBEARERS.   In 1982 the stage was filled with hysterical disasters during NOISES OFF...
Tuesday, April 24, 2018

A Cleveland reviewer goes to Broadway with the BWU senior class

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Several times a year I go to review some of what’s on stage on Broadway.  This year, I expanded the experience by accompanying the Baldwin...
Monday, April 23, 2018

A Cleveland reviewer gets to evaluate whether “Hamilton” lives up to its advanced billing

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Some musicals change the very nature of the genre.  “Oklahoma” gave birth to the book musical in which story, dance and lyrics bl...
Sunday, April 22, 2018

ONCE ON THIS ISLAND an enchanting legend revived

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Yes, as the advertisement’s banner says, “Our lives become the stories that we weave.”  In the revival of the one-act “Once on This Isla...
Saturday, April 21, 2018

SPONGE BOB, with its non-stop creativity, is a visual delight

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Some present-day musicals, such as “Dear Evan Hansen” and “A Bronx Tale” shine their spotlight on societal issues.   Others like “Hamilton...
Tuesday, May 23, 2017

A Cleveland reviewer goes to Broadway at Tony time, 2017 (capsule summaries)

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Several times a year I go to review what’s on stage on Broadway.  This spring, at the time the Tony Award nominations were announced, I...

“Groundhog Day The Musical” delights on Broadway

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“Groundhog Day The Musical” has had a somewhat rough path to Broadway.  The show, with music and lyrics by Tim Minchin, and book by Danny...
Monday, May 22, 2017

“Sweat” tells an emotional tale of the fall of the American working middle class and its effect on the nation

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In 2011, steel industry-centrific Reading, Pennsylvania topped the national census’s poverty list.  The city’s residents were battere...