Category: 2 1/2 hours
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The Caretaker
“He wasn’t even listening,” a lonely man says when he realizes another has secretly slipped out the door while he was talking. This could be read as a matter-of-fact statement, but when it is spoken – rather, shouted – by Jonathan Pryce…
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Leap of Faith
Featuring: Jessica Phillips, Kecia Lewis-Evans, Krystal Joy Brown, Leslie Odom Jr., Raul Esparza, Talon Ackerman
And on the seventh day, God made Raul Esparza. Unfortunately, even he cannot perform miracles, as proven by Leap of Faith, the latest film-to-musical adaptation to hit Broadway. With songs by Alan Menken (music) and Glenn Slater (lyrics) and a book by…
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Nice Work If You Can Get It
Featuring: Estelle Parsons, Jennifer Laura Thompson, Judy Kaye, Kelli O’Hara, Matthew Broderick, Michael McGrath, Stanley Wayne Mathis
One of the more amusing moments of Nice Work If You Can Get It occurs when Eileen Evergreen, a rich, spoiled woman played by Jennifer Laura Thompson is relaxing in her bathtub (for what she says is the fourth hour), singing, and…
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Don’t Dress for Dinner
“It’s all beige,” the woman next to me sighed when the curtain rose on the set of Don’t Dress for Dinner. Little did she know that John Lee Beatty’s set would be the least of her complaints regarding the Roundabout Theater Company’s…
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A Streetcar Named Desire
“I was sort of thrilled by it,” Stella says of her husband Stanley’s display of brutal strength on their wedding night. The same could be said of my response to the latest revival of A Streetcar Named Desire, currently in performances at…
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Ghost
Featuring: Bryce Pinkham, Cassie Leevy, Da’Vine Joy Randolph, Michael Balderrama, Richard Fleeshman, Tyler McGee
Lines are blurred at Ghost, the synthetic video game of a musical currently in performances at the Lunt-Fontanne Theater. These are not the lines between life and death, but rather between theater and film. This production, with with a book and lyrics…
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One Man, Two Guv’nors
Featuring: Ben Livingston, Claire Lams, Daniel Rigby, Fred Ridgeway, James Corden, Jemima Rooper, Martyn Ellis, Oliver Chris, Suzie Toase, Tom Edden, Trevor Laird
Theatre-goers, you have been warned. If you have entered the Music Box Theater to see the new comedy One Man, Two Guv’nors, you are in for much more than just watching a show. You may become part of the show. Richard Bean’s…
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Peter and the Starcatcher
Featuring: Adam Chanler-Berat, Arnie Burton, Carson Elrod, Celia Keenan-Bolger, Christian Borle, David Rossmer, Kevin Del Aguila
In the years that have passed since childhood, the magic of a bedtime story has not faded. In fact, its seemingly mystical ability to transform and delight might have grown. And an opportunity to shake the dust off this experience and feel…
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Evita
Featuring: Elena Roger, Max von Essen, Michael Ceveris, Rachel Potter, Ricky Martin
“Who would underestimate the actress now?” is asked of the titular character in the revival of Evita, currently in performances at the Marquis Theater. Well, one person, at least. That would be me. The Broadway revival of the musical about the life…
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The Mikado
Featuring: Christopher Fitzgerald, Chuck Cooper, Jason Danieley, Jonathan Freeman, Kelli O’Hara, Steve Rosen, Victoria Clark
It almost felt wrong to laugh this much at an opera. Sure, The Mikado, by Gilbert and Sullivan, is a comedy, but the performance by The Collegiate Chorale at Carnegie Hall on Monday night, featuring an inspired line-up of Broadway stars, elevated…
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