This new musical isn't perfect and its script and music could use some serious tweaking, but the set and costumes reflect the time period immaculately, the direction is creative, the singing is not bad and there are certainly moments of humour. Anyway, who said the '60s were perfect, after all?
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Theater Review (San Antonio): ‘Sister Act’ Sparkles at the Woodlawn Theatre
The Tony-nominated musical comes to the Deco District's Woodlawn Theatre in a sparkling, superbly-acted production.
Read More »Theatre Review (Singapore): ‘Detention Katong’ by Dream Academy
Some good moments stick out in this hit-and-miss musical about a girls' school.
Read More »Theater Review (San Antonio): A Striking ‘The Secret Garden’ at the Playhouse San Antonio
Marsha Norman and Lucy Simon's modern classic comes to the Playhouse San Antonio in a strikingly revisualized production.
Read More »Theater Review (San Antonio): ‘Pippin’ by Stephen Schwartz and Roger O. Hirson
This 1972 musical comedy is still a blast for modern audiences, as exemplified by the production now playing at the Woodlawn.
Read More »Theater Review (NYC): ‘Finian’s Rainbow’ Starring Melissa Errico at the Irish Repertory Theatre
The director and cast have wisely kept the slenderized production intimate and "close to the hearth," helped by handsome artistic design and fine musical direction. The character portrayals are down-to-earth and heartfelt amidst an energy and joyful vibrance that is contagious and encourages us to soar spiritually.
Read More »Puppet Theater Review (NYC): Wakka Wakka Presents ‘Made in China’
The first musical from this fabulously inventive puppeteer ensemble may be the troupe's most charming production yet. Brightly gripping, and written and directed in a classic fabulist style, it's replete with innovative marvels of illusion.
Read More »Theater Review (San Antonio): ‘All Is Calm: The Christmas Truce of 1914’ is a Moving, Musical Memory Piece
This affecting musical tribute to the soldiers of World War I provides a welcome message of peace just in time for the holidays.
Read More »Theater Review (San Antonio): ‘Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat’ at the Woodlawn Theatre
A bright production of the Webber and Rice musical closes out the Deco District theater's 2016 season.
Read More »Theater Review (NYC): ‘BLDZR’ by Peter Galperin, a Musical About Robert Moses
This musical-in-progress about a legendary New York City innovator and force of nature – who isn't Alexander Hamilton – shows a lot of promise.
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