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BWW Reviews: BroadHollow's LAUGHTER ON THE 23RD FLOOR
BroadHollow Theatre Company's production of Neil Simon's Laughter On the 23rd Floor was enjoyable. It's a refreshing, simple, semi-autobiographical play that is inspired by Mr. Simon's early career as one of the writers for the television show Your Show of Shows. The audience was also enthusiastical...
BWW Reviews: The Hampton Theatre Company's OTHER DESERT CITIES
Jon Robin Baitz' Other Desert Cities shows a realistic example of how families are nowadays. Dysfunction, love, and the influence family members have on one another are performed with panache at the Hampton Theatre Company's Sarah Hunnewell directed presentation of the Pulitzer Prize and Tony nomine...
BWW Reviews: CM PAC's LES MISERABLES - This One Is For Noel
Noel Ruiz, that is, CM PAC's beloved leader, a mentor to so many, and a pillar of the Long Island theatre community who passed away in September. This production of the Tony Award winning classic LES MISERABLES was Mr. Ruiz's vision and dream. As you read the bios of the cast in the playbill, they e...
BWW Reviews: SoLuna Studio's SWEENEY TODD
October is the perfect time for a production of the classic Steven Sondheim/Hugh Wheeler musical Sweeney Todd, The Demon Barber of Fleet Street. It's wonderfully creepy, chilling, and unsettling... just the thing to get you in the mood for Halloween. Directed by Karen Braun - who also does the chore...
BWW Reviews: Intense TWELVE ANGRY MEN at The Engeman
Reginald Rose's tension filled Tony Award winning play Twelve Angry Men is certainly a wonderful selection for the second show of the John W. Engeman Theatre's seventh season. Not to mention that it is emotionally on the other side of the spectrum from their previous show - the adorably hilarious Nu...
BWW Reviews: BroadHollow's FIDDLER ON THE ROOF
The wildly successful, multi Tony Award winning musical Fiddler on the Roof first opened on Broadway in 1964 and has certainly become a staple among the local theatre community. BroadHollow's production, running through October 6th at their BayWay location, has certainly made this incarnation their ...
BWW Reviews: Locals Take on LES MISERABLES at Theatre Three
It is always interesting to see a local production of the classic Tony winning musical LES MISERABLES. It is such a huge show and to perform it locally is a huge undertaking. However, if you have a wonderful cast and the fantastic direction of Jeffrey Sanzel, the production will turn out wonderfully...
BWW Reviews: DAISY Drives to the Smithtown Center For The Performing Arts
Alfred Uhry's Pulizer Prize winning play Driving Miss Daisy, now running through September 29th at the Smithtown Center For Performing Arts, is one to remember. The heart of this story follows the relationship of Daisy Werthen and Hoke Colburn over the spam of twenty five years (from 1948 - 1973). I...
BWW Reviews: NUNSENSE - Feisty Nuns Raising Hell At The Engeman
Nunsense, by Dan Goggin, playing at the John W. Engeman Theatre of Northport, is certainly a treat. It was never on Broadway per se', but has lead a very successful almost three decade life off-Broadway and at local theatres. Running through September 8th at the stunning Long Island venue, this prod...
BWW Reviews: BroadHollow's CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, the latest offering from the BroadHollow Theatre Company, proves a very relatable story. The Pulitzer Prize winning play, by Tennessee Williams, has several themes that the cast wonderfully carried out on the intimate stage of Studio theatre in Lindenhurst. Among said themes a...
BWW Reviews: The Gateway's SINGIN' IN THE RAIN
Singin' In The Rain, the Tony nominated musical based on the famous MGM film, is certainly a must see among theatre attendees. With a screenplay by Betty Comden & Adolph Green and music by Nacio Herb Brown & Arthur Reed, Gateway's fantastic incarnation runs through August 10th and will surely have y...
BWW Reviews: HAIR - The American Tribal Love Rock Musical at SoLuna
Hair - The American Tribal Love Rock Musical became one of my favorite shows when I saw the Tony winning revival in 2009 and then again in 2010. With that, one may have an unconscious hesitation when a local production of your favorite show is being mounted. No one should have that attitude and let ...
BWW Reviews: 42ND STREET At CM PAC
In watching 42nd Street at Creative Ministries Performing Arts Center (CM PAC), I couldn't help noticing that it seems the utmost important piece of this show is for the cast, wherever it may be running, be beyond top notch. There is no room for a weak link or it could come off really badly. Indeed,...
BWW Reviews: BroadHollow's SPAMALOT
Monty Python's Spamalot, the latest offering from BroadHollow Theatre Company, is indeed well done. This Jason Allyn directed incarnation wonderfully does the Tony winning show justice and the hilariously talented cast left the audience in stitches, even making light of some mishaps that occurred th...
BWW Reviews: Megan Hilty Shines At LI's Landmark On Main Street
It was certainly a wonderful time at Port Washington's Landmark On Main Street as Broadway vet and television star Megan Hilty took the stage. The hour long set consisted of songs from the Seattle native's career, some she just felt like singing, and, most importantly, from her wonderful album It Ha...
BWW Reviews: CM PAC Goes INTO THE WOODS
Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine's Tony award winning musical Into The Woods has long been done since it premiered on Broadway in 1987. It certainly puts a lot of pressure on the cast to breathe new life into the theatre staple. Now playing at Creative Ministries Performing Arts Center (CM PAC), di...
BWW Reviews: The Engeman Sails to the SOUTH PACIFIC
Northport's Engeman Theatre has something special on their hands with their latest production of the Rodgers and Hammerstein's Tony Award winning musical South Pacific. Running through July 14, I'm sure there will be limited availability and sold out shows throughout the run so get your tickets earl...
BWW Reviews: GREASE at the Gateway
The Gateway's wonderful production of Grease refreshed my fondness for the pop culture staple. Like most people, I was more familiar with the popular movie incarnation that was based on the staged show....
BWW Reviews: The Engeman's Ongoing Broadway Concert Series
To attend the Broadway Concert Series at Northport's stunning John W. Engeman theatre is a special treat. During their dark weeks, Producer and Host Stephen DeAngelis rounds up Broadways best for an evening of songs and stories of their careers....
BWW Reviews: ANYTHING GOES Sets Sail at CM PAC
Creative Ministries Performing Arts Center (CM PAC) continues their fantastic season with the Tony Award winning musical Anything Goes. Patrick Grossman wonderfully directs (and does the sets and choreographs) the Cole Porter classic running through May 19th at the Oakdale, Long Island venue....
BWW Reviews: THE DIARY OF ANNE FRANK - A Classic At Theatre Three
The Diary Of Anne Frank is truly a remarkable play heart wrenchingly highlighting the atrocities too many people unnecessarily endured simply because of the religion they were brought up on. Theatre Three's incarnation of the Tony winning classic, written by Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett, is w...
BWW Reviews: Norm Foster's SINNERS - Chaotic Hilarity At The Bay Way
Norm Foster's comedy, Sinners, is the latest offering from the Broadhollow Theatre Company. The story hilariously makes light of grossly mistaken identities, extra marital affairs, and life's general chaos. This Marian Waller directed incarnation runs through April 21st at Broadhollow's BayWay Theat...
BWW Reviews: Broadhollow's SLY FOX at Studio Theatre
It is always intriguing to see what Greed does to people. It is even more intriguing when it is hilariously made fun of. Sly Fox, presented by the BroadHollow Theatre Company, will have you rolling in the isles as a con-man (and his assistant) convince the community that he is near death and turns t...
BWW Reviews: BOEING-BOEING Flies Into the Engeman Theatre
The uproarious production of Marc Camoletti's Boeing-Boeing that landed at Northport's John W. Engeman Theatre is indeed a brilliant night of theatre. Directed by BT McNicholl, the show runs through May 5th at the Long Island venue and let me tell you that the talented cast will put even the biggest...
BWW Reviews: Adam Pascal Rocks Long Island's Tilles Center
I had the pleasure of seeing Broadway vet Adam Pascal in concert at the Tilles Center on the Long Island University Post Campus. The cabaret style show was held in a separate, cute room to the side of the grand concert hall with a high stage and seating that reminded me of a mini half-stadium. He is...
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CAMELOT The John W. Engeman Theater (5/14-6/28) |
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The Prince of Egypt Argyle Theatre (4/16-6/07) |
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Be Like Blippi Tour! Patchogue Theatre (3/03-6/03) |
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West Side Story The Gateway Playhouse (5/08-5/31) |
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Cabaret Theatre Three - NY (9/20-10/25) |
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Bonkers in the Boroughs Bay Street Theater (9/01-9/06) |
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Jessica Vosk: Sleigh Staller Center for the Arts (12/11-12/11) |
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Cat's in the Cradle Film to Screen at LIMEHOF on Father's Day Weekend Long Island Music and Entertainment Hall of Fame (6/19-6/19) |
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Leopoldstadt BACCA Arts Center (12/05-1/03) |
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Emerson Legacy Concert Staller Center for the Arts (10/11-10/11) |
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