Ironically, Miklos Laszlo's 1937 play 'Parfumerie' was not produced in the United States until 2009. Yet that did not stop the Hungarian hit from becoming the inspiration for a whole host of American films, plays and musicals: first the 1940 film, 'The Shop Around the Corner' with James Stewart and ... (more...)
'Fun Home' the Tony-winning musical, based on Alison Bechdel's autobiographical graphic novel, is a serious show about a serious topic, showing how members of a dysfunctional family come to terms - sort of - with their sexuality, and their place in the world. Spoiler: some of them deal with it bette... (more...)
I may be the only serious Broadway fan who has not seen Andrew Lloyd Weber's version of Phantom of the Opera, so I went into Westchester Broadway Theatre's Revival of Maury YestonArthur Kopit's Phantom with a completely open mind.... (more...)
'I dreamed I was 52 and unmarried,' so says Sonia, at the very beginning of Christopher Durang's dryly eccentric comedy about the middle-aged children of a pair of literary professors who thoughtlessly named their children after the characters in Chekov plays.... (more...)
Singing poorly is an easy task for those of us who can't sing. But it's daunting task to singers who have spent a lifetime refining their vocal production. As Florence Foster Jenkins Debra Jean Templin puts aside all of her skill and technique to become the legendary tone-deaf diva, society matron c... (more...)
Anything Goes,' the crowd pleasing 1930's musical composed by Cole Porter, is back at Westchester Broadway Theatre with gusto! (Westchester Broadway Theatre's 206th performance!)... (more...)
Ken Ludwig had a worldwide hit with 'Lend Me a Tenor,' which was a throwback of sorts to the madcap physical British stage comedies of yesteryear. According to all the press materials for his play, 'A Fox on the Fairway,' this play is another tribute to the great English farces of the 1930s and 1940... (more...)
I never saw Sister Act, the Musical when it was on Broadway, but now this is my second Westchester go round with this musical. It certainly makes sense for Westchester Broadway Theatre especially to mount it since it gives a unified group of nuns the chance to belt and let their habits down to a 60'... (more...)
Elmwood Playhouse's On Clover Road is a tense, nail-biting thriller which keeps the audience guessing from the opening scene to the shocking conclusion.... (more...)
'The Bridges of Madison County' was a silly book that was elevated greatly by superb performances in its film incarnation. Jason Robert Brown's musical take on the story isn't quite as successful. However, Elmwood Playhouse's strong cast makes it worth the trip.... (more...)
When Ghost the movie premiered in 1990, it became an instant sensation. The combination of romance, comedy and fantasy made for a movie going experience that men and women could relate to. Everyone wanted Demi Moore's haircut, pottery classes and the song Unchained Melody performed at proms an... (more...)
What a treat to be in the audience at Westchester Broadway Theatre's new production of Annie Get Your Gun, written and composed by Irving Berlin.... (more...)
In 1947, Harry Truman was president, Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier in Major League Baseball, the first Polaroid camera was introduced and a UFO landed in Roswell, New Mexico. Oh yeah, and The Elmwood Playhouse, in Nyack, New York first opened its doors! Since then Elmwood has staged over 3... (more...)
Girls and women of all ages (including this writer) filled the seats at Westchester Broadway Theatre's current production of Annie, one of the longest running shows in Broadway History.... (more...)
If you're looking for a complex portrait of a man who was simultaneously worthy of praise and condemnation, look no further than Penguin Rep's Cobb.... (more...)
If you're looking for a laugh-filled spoof of a murder mystery solved by pop culture's most recognizable detective team, look no further than the Whipporwilll Theater.... (more...)
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde at the Elmwood Playhouse, directed effortlessly by Debra Lee Faiella gave the adapted story by Jeffrey Hatcher, a schizophrenic spin on the classic story by Robert Louis Stevenson.... (more...)
BWW Review: SHE LOVES ME at Elmwood Playhouse, Nyack, N.Y.
BWW Review: CONSTELLATIONS at Hudson Stage Company
BWW Review: FUN HOME at White Plains Performing Arts Center
BWW Review: Yeston/Kopit's PHANTOM at Westchester Broadway Theatre
BWW Review: VANYA AND SONIA AND MASHA AND SPIKE at Elmwood Playhouse
BWW Review: SOUVENIR at Penguin Repertory Theatre
BWW Review: 'ANYTHING GOES!' at Westchester Broadway Theatre
BWW Review: CLEVER LITTLE LIES at Penguin Repertory Theatre
BWW Review: RELATIVITY by Mark St. Germain at Penguin Repertory Theatre
BWW Review: A FOX ON THE FAIRWAY at Elmwood Playhouse
BWW Review: SWITZERLAND at Hudson Stage Company
BWW Review: SISTER ACT 'Takes you to Heaven' at Westchester Broadway Theatre
BWW PREVIEW: WALKIN' AFTER MIDNIGHT - A TRIBUTE TO PATSY CLINE at Harmony Hall, Sloatsburg, N.Y.
BWW Review: A CHORUS LINE at Westchester Broadway Theatre
BWW Review: ON CLOVER ROAD at Elmwood Playhouse
BWW Review: THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME at White Plains Performing Arts Center
BWW Review: THE BRIDGES OF MADISON COUNTY at Elmwood Playhouse
BWW Review: GHOST THE MUSICAL at White Plains Performing Arts Center
BWW Review: ANNIE GET YOUR GUN at Westchester Broadway Theatre
BWW Review: 'THE ODD COUPLE' at Elmwood Playhouse
BWW Review: SYNCOPATION Doesn't Miss a Step at Penguin Repertory Theater
BWW Review: ANNIE 'Shines' at Westchester Broadway Theatre
BWW Review: COBB at Penguin Rep Theatre
BWW Review: THE HOUND OF THE BASKERVILLES at Whippoorwill Theater
BWW Review: DR. JEKYLL AND MR. HYDE at Elmwood Playhouse
