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Theater Review (NYC Broadway): Deaf West’s ‘Spring Awakening’
This isn't the first show I've seen featuring deaf actors. But it's the first on a Broadway scale, and the first musical. It is, to switch metaphorical senses, eye-opening.
Read More »Theater Review (NYC): ‘Rent’ by Jonathan Larson at the Harbor Lights Theater Company
I wondered if the hit musical from the AIDS-crisis era would seem dated in 2015, but this new talent-loaded Staten Island production shows that 'Rent' has become a perfectly valid period piece.
Read More »Theater Review (San Antonio): ‘West Side Story’ at the Woodlawn Theatre
San Antonio's Woodlawn Theatre offers a revival of a Broadway stalwart that's visually exciting and musically satisfying.
Read More »Theater Review (San Antonio): Disney and Cameron Mackintosh’s ‘Mary Poppins’ at the Woodlawn Theatre
The Deco District's flagship theater takes on a Broadway behemoth, and the result is practically perfect in every way.
Read More »Theater Review (NYC Off-Broadway): ‘Pride and Prejudice’ – a Musical Adaptation of Jane Austen’s Novel
A commendable cast is let down by the material in this big, ambitious show. 'Pride and Prejudice' is still a darn good story, but this musical doesn't do it very proud.
Read More »Theater Review (NYC): ‘Wild Women of Planet Wongo’
This immersive sci-fi fantasy musical is crammed with good-natured energy and nonstop campy humor.
Read More »Theater Review (NYC Broadway): Darren Criss in ‘Hedwig and the Angry Inch’
A towering performance by the former 'Glee' star is a revelation.
Read More »Theater Review (NYC): ‘Merrily We Roll Along’ by Stephen Sondheim and George Furth
Sondheim's brilliant songs make this troubled, sad, unusual musical worth seeing anywhere and anywhen, and the new production at the Astoria Performing Arts Center is a solid one.
Read More »Theater Review (Broadway): ‘An American in Paris’
The new musical proves that Broadway and the ballet are friends, and that even if we can't have a new George Gershwin or Leonard Bernstein, the originals can still energize today's biggest stage talents and please finicky audiences.
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