This musical bio of song writer Carole King might have been called BEAUTIFUL – On Broadway, for though it purports to show us Carole King and her music, the musical includes half a dozen songs by Cynthia Weil and Barry Mann, and its book by Douglas McGrath gives almost as much time to the meeting, […]
Archives for January 13, 2014
Synetic’s wordless Twelfth Night
I have two surprises to report. The first is that I liked Snyetic Theater’s production of Twelfth Night. I didn’t think I would, because it tells the story of Viola and Sebastian with movement and music, not with words, and I’m a language aficionado — so language-addled, in fact, that I wondered whether you could […]
Meena’s Dream
“Your imagination can pierce reality,” says Hindu God Lord Krishna to nine-year-old Meena in the world premiere of Meena’s Dream at Forum Theatre. I left one-part inspired and one-part devastated – inspired by the music, message, and unparalleled talent of writer and performer Anu Yadav, and devastated because productions like this are too rare.
Bad Dates
When we were young, the search for a life partner was so organic a part of our lives that we barely understood what we were doing. We would study for geometry and fill out college applications and go to the movies or a rave with our friends, and then with one special friend, and then […]
Beautiful: The Carole King Musical
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