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BWW Reviews: Fall Into The DEATHTRAP at Quogue Community Hall - A Good Attempt to Freshen A Classic
In "Deathtrap" by Ira Levin, writer's block gets the better of Sidney Bruhl as he conjures a plan to steal the brilliant play of one of his students. Aggravation and desperation take center stage in Edward Brennan's production, playing at the Quogue Community Hall through January 29th.
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BWW Reviews: Theatre Three's PROOF - Raw, Real Theater At Its Finest
In the Pulitzer Prize winning play 'Proof' by David Auburn, college bound Catherine struggles with having the same brilliant knack for numbers as her mathematician father and the dreadful possibility she has inherited his dementia. Playing through January 28th at Theatre Three in Port Jefferson, Lon...
BWW Reviews: ANNIE at CM PAC Will Not Disappoint
The last few shows I've attended have featured, in part, a terrific, young cast. The members of the company of "Annie" at CM PAC in Oakdale, NY were no exception. Timothy Pappalardos' adaptation shows a bright future for Long Island theater and a true team coming together to put on a fun show runnin...
BWW Reviews: Theater Three's 28th Annual Showing of 'A CHRISTMAS CAROL
If anything gets you into the Christmas spirit, it will be seeing Theater Threes' annual production of "A Christmas Carol". Jeffrey Sanzel, who directs and stars as Ebenezer Scrooge, has brought together an incredible cast and crew to tell this timeless Charles Dickens' tale....
BWW Reviews: Decking the Halls -- A WONDERFUL LIFE: THE MUSICAL
Holiday carols play in the background. The tree is nicely decorated. It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas at the John W. Engeman Theater in Northport, Long Island, where the delightful A Wonderful Life: the Musical is playing through January 8, 2012....
BWW Reviews: THE SOUND OF MUSIC Is Alive At The Smithtown Performing Arts Center
Seeing a show like Rodgers and Hammersteins' "The Sound Of Music" is nothing short of fulfilling. Director Danny Gorman and Musical Director Cara Brown of the Smithtown Performing Arts Center have splendidly put together an amazing cast to present this timeless, relevant story based on the memoirs o...
BWW Reviews: JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR Buzzes at Merrick Theatre
Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice's Jesus Christ Superstar is being presented by the Merrick Theatre in Merrick, Long Island from November 12 to December 11....
BWW Reviews: The TOYER Invades The Vanderbilt Carriage House Theater
Arena Players Repertory Theater Company's presentation of 'Toyer' by Gardner McKay is a haunting story that shows the determination and great strength of the mind. Under the exciting direction of Frederic De Feis and a cast of only two, this new production will be presented as a limited engagement a...
BWW Reviews: PHANTOM Haunts The CM Performing Arts Center on Long Island
When you present a production of 'Phantom', you have to get it right. Noel Ruizs' incarnation at the CM Performing Arts Center in Oakdale, Long Island marvelously delivers the classic tale of the Phantom and Christine Daae'....
BWW Reviews: JAKE'S WOMEN - It's All in Your Head
We've all done it. Imagined circumstances with certain people, putting our words and thoughts into their mouths to elicit certain emotions, or just to make ourselves feel better.
This is Jake's problem in Neil Simon's Jake's Women, a play being presented at the cozy (and well-decorated) Studio Thea...
BWW Reviews: ASSASSINS at Smithtown PAC Shoots From the Hip - and Mostly Hits
In the Stephen Sondheim and John Weidman musical, Assassins, this is just the beginning of the mayhem audiences will experience in the 90-minute, one-act 'revusical' directed by Smithtown PAC's Artistic Director, Kenneth Washington....
BWW Reviews: Laura Benanti Dazzles at the Landmark in Port Washington, Long Island
Laura Benanti's concert in Long Island this weekend focused on family, intertwined with antidotes about her career on the stage, in TV (or lack there of, she joked), and in movies. The Tony winner was fantastic as she took the stage at Landmarks' beautiful Jean Rimsky Theater in Port Washington, Lon...
BWW Reviews: Township Theatre Group's CATCH ME IF YOU CAN Mystifies & Delights
Township Theater Group, the longest-running community theater on Long Island, is presenting Catch Me if You Can - no relation to the new Broadway musical that recently closed or the Leonardo DiCaprio movie - for seven performances at their new home at the Helen Butler Hall at Dominican Village in Am...
BWW Reviews: Arena Players Repertory Theaters' GOD OF CARNAGE - Nothing Short of Commendable
For opening night at their new home at the Vanderbilt, the Arena Players Repertory Theater Company chose to put on 'God Of Carnage' by Yasmina Reza. I was quite shocked by the small space. With about 100 people in the room, it was a great turnout. If you're not familiar with the Vanderbilt Estate, t...
BWW Reviews: SHOUT! Grooves into CMPac
If you are looking to embrace your inner flower child, it's the perfect time to make a trip to CM Performing Arts Center in Oakdale where Shout! The Mod Musical is making its Long Island premiere until October 9th....
BWW Reviews: Insecurities & Comedy Abound in I OUGHT TO BE IN PICTURES
Welcome to Neil Simon's play, I Ought to Be in Pictures, presented by the Arena Players Repertory Theater Company in Farmingdale, Long Island until October 2.
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BWW Reviews: John W. Engeman Theater's CAMELOT - A Successful Retelling of a Classic
To "have everything" is usually up for interpretation. The John W. Engeman Theaters' beautiful production of "Camelot" shows us it is possible even if we don't realize it at first. In one of the most classic period pieces, "Camelot" tells a tale of the rise of power, looking to have it all, and the ...
BWW Reviews: Theatre Three's THE PAJAMA GAME - A Worthy Evening Out
Set in the 1950's, the Pajama Game shows the frustration between management and labor unions, intertwined with a love story of people on opposite sides of the picket line (Babe and Sid with Babe the leader of the strike and Sid one of the heads of management). The show is still a very relevant, espe...
BWW Reviews: The Broadway Concert Series 'Broadway Journey' at the Engeman Theater
The Engeman continues its thrilling concert series....
BWW Reviews: SWEENEY TODD Slays at Gateway Playhouse
The Gateway Playhouse in Bellport, NY ends their summer productions with the haunting story of Sweeney Todd, The Demon Barber of Fleet Street....
BWW Reviews: Idina Menzel Wows Dallas
Idina Menzel made her Texas debut Thursday night at the Morton H. Meyerson Symphony Center in Dallas, and impressed the 2000+ people in attendance so much that she was called out for two encores....
BWW Reviews: SYCAMORE TREES Premieres at Signature Theatre
It is always so exciting going to see a World Premiere of a musical. This happens often at the Signature Theatre thanks to the their 'American Musical Voices Project' (the largest single musical theater commissioning and producing initiative of any U.S. theater) sponsored by the Shen Family Foundati...
BWW Reviews: PLAYING JORDAN GOLDMAN Better Suited to the Screen
It is difficult not to be engaged in a well-written comedy with Jewish humor. Take Woody Allen's many plays or, for example, Jewtopia, which was such a gigantic hit a few years ago. Jewish people are not afraid to admit who they are and are the first to poke fun at their own family traditions and re...
BWW Interviews: Tom Hewitt & Melanie Waldron of CHICAGO
BroadwayWorld interviews Tom Hewitt and Melanie Waldron from the Chicago National Tour....
Fringe: Candide Americana: Optimism
Rabbit Hole Ensemble presents Stanton Wood?s Candide Americana, a brilliant new adaptation of Voltaire?s classic, which drops the optimistic hero amid the most recent American disasters....
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West Side Story The Gateway Playhouse (5/08-5/31) |
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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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CAMELOT The John W. Engeman Theater (5/14-6/28) |
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Streetlight the Musical in Concert Tilles Center Concert Hall (7/23-7/23) |
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Mister Halston Bay Street Theater (6/02-6/21) |
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One Vision of Queen Staller Center for the Arts (11/08-11/08) |
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Paul Reiser Staller Center for the Arts (10/24-10/24) |
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An Evening with David Sedaris Staller Center for the Arts (10/04-10/04) |
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Bonkers in the Boroughs Bay Street Theater (9/01-9/06) |
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