Treadwell: Bright and Dark

In a word, Treadwell: Bright and Dark, now in its world-premiere run at Arlington’s Theatre on the Run, is dull, dull, dull. Actually, that’s three words. But you get the picture.

Directed by Stephen Jarrett and starring Melissa Flaim in the title role, this brand new, not-ready-for-prime-time one-woman show was penned by Allison Currin and brought to the stage by the American Century Theater. [Read more...]

Sycamore Trees composer Ricky Ian Gordon

Composer Ricky Ian Gordon on his roots and Sycamore Trees.

It takes a lot of persistence and courage to keep plugging on for 27 years to finish a work based on your own life and family. It also takes a lot of chutzpah to show all the ups and downs and to put it on a stage for the whole word to see. That is the story of Ricky Ian Gordon and his newest musical Sycamore Trees. [Read more...]

Arena’s Sophisticated Ladies extends to June 27

In the show stopping curtain call for Duke Ellington’s Sophisticated Ladies,  Broadway star Maurice Hines leads his tappers, singers and musicians in a show stopping curtain call, ending  with a group shout  out ‘We love you madly.” [Read more...]

Red

The Brits have done it again.  Out of the Donmar Warehouse in London, a consortium of ten producers have brought to Broadway the import Red, a new play dealing with the working habits, the philosophy, the character of artist Mark Rothko as channeled through actor Alfred Molina, [Read more...]

Memphis

How could they have made an almost boring album out of such a fun show? The experience of  Memphis on Broadway is up-beat, engaging, humorous and extremely well paced under the direction of Christopher Ashley. The experience of “Memphis” on Rhino Records (a label that doesn’t specialize in musical theater scores but has a fair number of them in its catalogue) is repetitive, [Read more...]