Glorious music overshadows some rickety storytelling in this joyful jukebox musical about "one of the great untold stories of rock and roll."
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Music Review: ‘Love’s Labour’s Lost’ (Original Cast Recording)
While there is much that works well in the adaptation, for the most part its music is uneven.
Read More »Theater Review (LA): ‘The Werewolves of Hollywood Blvd.’ and ‘The Wake’ at the Hollywood Fringe
A rock musical with bite and a jet-black one-man show are two more productions making their debut at the Fringe.
Read More »Theater Review (Broadway): ‘Holler If Ya Hear Me’ Based on Lyrics by Tupac Shakur
Theatrical spectacle can derive both its meaning and its power from any number of forms of expression. But no one had tried using pure rap on a Broadway scale before.
Read More »Theater Review (LA): ‘Four Tree Plays’ and ‘Million Dollar Hair’ at the Hollywood Fringe
A thoughtful avant-garde theater piece and a full-on musical parody are two of the highlights of this year's Hollywood Fringe Festival.
Read More »Bland Tony Awards Telecast a Limp Plug for Broadway
Broadway razzle-dazzle is alive and kicking, but would these production numbers, in and of themselves, have made me want to see the shows? Mostly not.
Read More »Pop Stars and Broadway: Lauper Wins, Sting Sings, Gloria Estefan Waits in the Wings
When pop stars get the Broadway bug, results are mixed. But results are going to be mixed no matter what, so why not?
Read More »Win a Copy of the ‘Bullets Over Broadway’ Original Cast Album
With the Tony Awards approaching faster than a speeding bullet, we've got a copy to give away of the original cast recording of the Woody Allen musical nominated for six Tonys.
Read More »Win a Copy of the ‘If/Then’ Broadway Cast Album Featuring Idina Menzel
Enter to win a copy of the original Broadway cast album of the musical written for and starring Idina Menzel.
Read More »Theater Review: Staged Reading of ‘I’ll Say She Is,’ ‘Lost’ Marx Brothers Musical Not Seen for 90 Years
'I'll Say She Is' will get a full production this summer at the New York Fringe Festival. Before this weekend's staged readings, the Marx Brothers' first Broadway musical hadn't been seen in any form in 90 years.
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