At the curtain call it struck home what’s special about the first Broadway production of Dames at Sea, the 1930’s musical created in the 1960s: Only six performers take bows. Busby Berkeley used casts ten times larger to do much the same show. But there’s the rub: It’s much the same show.
Archives for October 22, 2015
What happens when an ice cream company gets inspired by August Wilson?
On Tuesday, October 20th, Everyman Theatre opened their production of Fences, and debuted a new August Wilson inspired ice cream.
The Dealer of Ballynafeigh at Keegan Theatre (review)
Farce gets a bad rap as a genre. Pundits will call a sporting event or a political campaign a farce when they want to denigrate it, but in the theater, sometimes there’s nothing more enjoyable than fast-moving scenes held together with physical comedy.
Gimme a Band! Gimme a Banana! from Pointless Theatre
Those of us at a certain age grew up with the image of Carmen Miranda as the exotic Brazilian fruit wearing artist who was all the rage in the 1950’s. With Gimme a Band!, Pointless Theatre provides glimpses of the woman beneath the “tutti-frutti” hats.