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Theatre Is Easy: “La Cage aux Folles”
BOTTOM LINE: As Albin and Georges would say, “It’s rather gawdy, but it’s also rather grand.” It would be impossible not to enjoy yourself at the revival of La Cage aux Folles, now playing
Read More »Theatre Is Easy: “A Behanding in Spokane”
Christopher Walken and Sam Rockwell in A Behanding in Spokane Acclaimed playwright Martin McDonagh (The Pillowman, The Lieutenant of Inishmore, the movie In Bruges) is back on a Broadway with a wildly offensive and
Read More »Theatre Is Easy: “Next Fall”
BOTTOM LINE: This new play makes its audience feel the highs and lows the characters onstage experience. It’s a shared event, and it’s wonderful. Next Fall was an off-Broadway gem last season, presented (and
Read More »Theatre Is Easy: “The Scottsboro Boys”
The cast of the new Kander-and-Ebb musical The Scottsboro Boys (photo: Carol Rosegg) BOTTOM LINE: I haven’t been this moved by a piece of theatre in a very, very, very long time. Oh, Kander
Read More »Theatre Is Easy: “Fela”
BOTTOM LINE: An incredible Afrobeat concert-slash-African dance show. All in all, an enjoyable night of entertainment. Fela is the hot new Broadway musical produced by Will Smith and Jay-Z. I use the word “new”
Read More »Theatre Is Easy: “Yank!”
BOTTOM LINE: An endearing new musical about being gay and falling in love — on the front lines of WWII. Can we please repeal “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” already? After seeing Yank!, and the
Read More »Theatre Is Easy: “Black Angels Over Tuskegee”
BOTTOM LINE: An important story told by a group of talented actors; the good outweighs the bad in this under-explored production. I am a firm believer that the best theatre comes out of collaboration
Read More »Theatre Is Easy: “Caroline, or Change”
BOTTOM LINE: A beautiful musical that played on Broadway for a short time in 2004, this off-off-Broadway production does it justice for a mere $18 a ticket. The Gallery Players, a fine off-off-Broadway theater
Read More »Theatre Is Easy: “Present Laughter”
BOTTOM LINE: This revival should be funnier. What is the male version of a cougar? Because that’s the crux of Garry Essendine, the lead character in Present Laughter, Noel Coward’s 1930’s British farce. Played
Read More »Theatre Is Easy: “Memphis”
BOTTOM LINE: A new musical with lots of singing, lots of dancing, and lots of joy. Rarely while watching a musical do I experience a 180-degree turn in opinion. I can generally tell what
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