Because of my travel plans, I had to schedule my spring Broadway splurge earlier than usual. So I was too early to see Bob Fosse’s Dancin’, Bad Cinderella, Shucked and others. But as you will see below, there were plenty of worthy shows that I caught in what is turning out to be a better-than-expected Broadway season. & Juliet (Stephen Sondheim Theatre, 124 W. 43rd St.) — … [Read more...]
Postcard from Broadway No. 5: A powerful ‘Parade,’ and a joyful ‘Some Like It Hot’
Wednesday is a two-show day on Broadway, and I saw a couple of major productions of the season. At the matinee I saw Parade (after the canceled performance when I first arrived in town on Saturday), and in the evening, I saw Some Like It Hot, the new musical adaptation based on the 1959 Billy Wilder classic film comedy. Parade is a revival of the show that first opened … [Read more...]
On Broadway, Part I: Current must-see musicals
In a busy Broadway season, particularly for musicals, here are some of the best new works vying for attention in a crowded field: Dear Evan Hansen – Evan Hansen, the eponymous teen of a fresh and startlingly original new musical, is an awkward misfit, all but invisible to his fellow high school students. So he would seem an unlikely subject on which to base a musical, a … [Read more...]