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Review - Richard Skipper as Carol Channing in Concert

January 14, 2011

I imagine Richard Skipper must approach his embodiment of Carol Channing a bit differently than most successful female celebrity impersonators.

Review - This Time, Glenn Beck, It's Personal...

January 13, 2011

Dear Glenn Beck,

Review - A Small Fire

January 12, 2011

The old showbiz adage about always leavin' 'em wanting more isn't always the best advice, as exemplified Adam Bock's fascinating, understated and, in the end, frustratingly incomplete, A Small Fire.

Review - Dracula: They All Deserve To Undie

January 9, 2011

I'll resist the temptation to call director Paul Alexander's Off-Broadway mounting of Dracula anemic or toothless, but will note his remarkable achievement of assembling a production that manages to be aggressively bad in so many ways and yet never achieves the 'you gotta see how bad this is' status

Review - Three Pianos & The Mikado

January 7, 2011

No, that nice young man offering to pour you a glass of wine as you enter the New York Theatre Workshop's auditorium is not an intern or an Equity membership candidate earning weeks; it's one of the three madcap musicians who will be spending the next two hours trading punch lines, wheeling a trio o

Review - Is Michael Riedel The New Bob Uecker?

December 29, 2010

The First Amendment, that noble invention of our founding fathers that grants all Americans the right of free speech, must frequently be defended under less than noble circumstances; the right of a neo-Nazi group to hold a march in the heavily Jewish community of Skokie, Illinois, the right of Lenny

Review - Spidey's Early Arrivals

December 28, 2010

Last Tuesday night I went out for some pre-holiday coffee with my good friend, BroadwayWorld Senior Editor Jessica Lewis (Actually we were so engrossed in conversation that we forgot to order coffee.

Review - Mummenschanz: That 70's Show

December 24, 2010

People usually think I'm joking when I tell them that one of my favorite original Broadway cast albums is the one for the Swiss mime troupe, Mummenschanz.

Review - Naked Holidays & Nancy Dussault at The Metropolitan Room

December 23, 2010

Before anyone removes a lick of clothing in EndTimes' decidedly secular song and sketch revue, Naked Holidays, an unlikely matchup of a perky and cultured Brit (Ruthie Stephens) and a snarling Mexican heavy metaler (Alessandro Colla) leads the cast of nineteen young and attractive performers, most o

Review - Nutcracker Rouge: Sweet Awakening

December 19, 2010

New Yorkers looking to make the yuletide a little decadent this year would be well-advised to drop the kiddies off at Mr.

Review - Suzanne Carrico's What Christmas Time Means To Me

December 16, 2010

'We found all the people who didn't see Donny and Marie tonight,' Suzanne Carrico chirps with a big smile as she surveys her Metropolitan Room audience.

Review - Not Since Not Since Carrie

December 12, 2010

Listening to the popular theatre critic/journalist Peter Filichia talk about musicals can be twice as entertaining as half the shows on Broadway.

Review - Elf: Norman, Is That You?

December 8, 2010

Perhaps the Broadway musical would enjoy a complete and total renaissance of quality if only Thomas Meehan would agree to co-author the book of every new show that hits town.

Review - The Pee-wee Herman Show: Somebody, Force Me To Care

December 6, 2010

Back in the days of Henry Miller, it was one of the great Broadway traditions for him and other men of the theatre to name playhouses for themselves.

Review - Les Miserables & Long Story Short

December 2, 2010

Cameron Mackintosh's 25th Anniversary production of Les Misérables, presented by The Paper Mill Playhouse, has finally hit the friendly American shores after touring Britain, and perhaps symbolic of its Atlantic crossing is the new opening picture devised by co-directors Laurence Conner and James P

Review - Women On The Verge Of A Nervous Breakdown & The Merchant of Venice

November 30, 2010

While there's certainly plenty to enjoy in the new musical version of Pedro Almodóvar's 1988 film, Women On The Verge Of A Nervous Breakdown - David Yazbek's jaunty Latin-based score, the winning performances of a star-studded cast (three Tony winners and four other nominees) and the kinetic flashi

Review - The Scottsboro Boys & Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson

November 23, 2010

Although Broadway has a history of great artistic success from adapting existing sources for the musical stage (My Fair Lady, Show Boat, Gypsy.

Review - Bells Are Ringing: Charmedy Tonight

November 20, 2010

Creating new opportunities for beautiful blondes with enchanting soprano voices is a topic generally not included in discussions of non-traditional casting in the theatre, but when it was announced that Kelli O'Hara would be starring in the Encores! concert production of Bells Are Ringing instead of

Review - Lombardi: Defensive Lines

November 17, 2010

While football and baseball have been slugging it out for decades for the title of America's Most Popular Sport, there's no doubt that the latter is Broadway's baby, boasting Tony-winners Damn Yankees and Take Me Out.

Review - Devil Boys From Beyond: Charles or Charles?

November 14, 2010

While the campy antics of Devil Boys From Beyond may suggest an unlikely blend of screwball classics like His Girl Friday with infamous sci-fi fare such as Plan 9 From Outer Space, the movie title that kept popping into my mind was Clash of The Titans.

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