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 2: More musicals
Just because there were a lot of musicals this season on Broadway does not mean they were all on sufficient quality. Consider the following, a star-driven disappointment, a couple of anemic film adaptations and an impressive revival: War Paint – Stardom is a double-edged commodity. It can drive ticket sales as theatergoers clamor to see such bona fide divas as Patti LuPone … [Read more...]