“We both may be susceptible to full moons,” a sophisticated Virginia ingénue, Leslie (Betsy Morgan), tells a Texas rancher, Bick (Lewis Cleale), when he visits her home to buy a horse. [Read more...]
Caught in their acts: Bernadette Peters, James Gardiner, James Zemarel and Shannon Wollman
April 30, 2009 By 3 Comments
Bernadette Peters: Still a Broadway Baby!
How does she do it? On Sunday, April 19th at 4 pm, after an overture played by the National Philharmonic (conducted by Marvin Laird, who wrote Ruthless! The Musical) consisting of songs from Gypsy and Mack and Mabel, [Read more...]
Call of the Wild
April 15, 2009 By 3 Comments
Rarely do two acts differ so much in content and quality as in the new musical Call of the Wild at Olney Theatre Center. After a difficult and challenging first act, the work is redeemed by a terrific second. [Read more...]
Crowns
April 8, 2009 By 2 Comments
There is a wondrous appeal to Crowns that allows its return year after year to sell out crowds despite changing casts, and now even playing in a totally different venue, the historic Lincoln Theater with the wildly popular E. Faye Butler in the winning ensemble. [Read more...]
Chicago’s Charlotte d’Amboise
April 4, 2009 By 5 Comments
He’s seen her twist and slither across the stage as Roxie Hart five times in NYC, and now Joel Markowitz interviews his favorite Roxie – Charlotte d’Amboise, who is playing the publicity-seeking murderess in Chicago, now on The National Theatre stage. [Read more...]
Chicago
April 3, 2009 By 1 Comment
Perhaps you remember the wonderful scene in the 1979 Bob Fosse film All That Jazz in which Ann Reinking and Erzsebet Foldi-playing the Fosse stand-in Joe Gideon’s girlfriend and teenage daughter, respectively-perform a little living-room jazz-dance number for Roy Scheider, who plays Gideon. The performance is a lovely, homey respite from Gideon’s hectic speed-and-booze-fueled preparation for a Lenny-like biopic and a Chicago-like Broadway show. [Read more...]
Iolanthe
March 31, 2009 By 4 Comments
If you have ever enjoyed a Gilbert & Sullivan operetta, Iolanthe is one you should rush to catch before it closes its short run. Iolanthe has a charming story and consistently entertaining music, and it receives a high-quality production in the capable hands of Washington Savoyards. [Read more...]
ROOMS on Opening Night
March 29, 2009 By 4 Comments
I am waiting to pick up my ticket for the opening night production of ROOMS a rock romance at New World Stages when I suddenly find that I am nervous. From the moment Carolyn Griffin called me to tell me about this new musical she had just landed for MetroStage, [Read more...]
The Music Man
February 24, 2009 By 5 Comments
I have always regarded the 1958 decision to award the Best Musical Tony® to The Music Man over West Side Story to be one of the greatest “what were they thinking” moments in theatre history. Yet after seeing the utterly charming Washington Savoyards’ production of The Music Man, I get it. [Read more...]
Next to Normal to Open on Broadway
February 18, 2009 By 4 Comments
Feb 18 — Producers for Next to Normal, the Tom Kitt/Brian Yorkey musical which closed two months ago at Arena Stage, just announced that the show will move to Broadway’s Longacre Theatre with its DC cast intact. Previews begin March 27th with the official opening April 15th. [Read more...]
