Author: David Roberts

Broadway News/Previews: “Sweeney Todd” Begins Performances at Broadway’s Lunt-Fontanne Theatre on February 26, 2023

Tony and Grammy-nominated multi-platinum recording artist Josh Groban and Tony Award winner Annaleigh Ashford will both return to Broadway this spring in Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, directed by Thomas Kail. Featuring music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, and a book by Hugh Wheeler, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street will begin performances on February…

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Off-Broadway Review: “Kinky Boots” at Stage 42 (Currently On)

August 29, 2022 | joseph verlezza, joseph verlezza reviews, LGBTQ+, Off-Broadway > | Bella Coppola, Brianna Stoute, Callum Francis, Christian Douglas, costume design by Gregg Barnes, Cyndi Lauper, Danielle Hope, David J. Socolar, Devin Bowles, Ebrin R. Stanley, Ernest T. Williams, hair design by Josh Marquette, Harvey Fierstein, Ian Gallagher Fitzgerald, Jerry Mitchell, Joseph Verlezza, Kevin Smith Kirkwood, Kinky Boots, lighting design by Kenneth Posner, Lindsay Joan, Liz Pearce, Lucas Pastrana, make-up design by Darion Matthews, Marcus Neville, Maria Wirries, Marty Lauter, Matt Murphy, Matthew Michael Janisse, music direction by Will Van Dyke, Nick Drake, Primary Stages, Ricky Schroeder, Ryah Nixon, Ryan Halsaver, scenic design by David Rockwell, Sean Steele, sound design by Gareth Owen, Stage 42, Stephen Oremus, Tarion Strong, Theatre Reviews Limited, Tommy Martinez

Theatergoers who missed the successful Broadway production of “Kinky Boots” should make their way to Stage 42 for the Off-Broadway revival which will be sure to please. A more condensed version of the original does not compromise the structure or diminish any of the crucial themes of the story. It is actually quite a different experience because of the intimacy…

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Off-Broadway Review: Primary Stages’ “On That Day in Amsterdam at 59E59 Theaters (Through Sunday, September 4, 2022)

Promising a touching love story following a one-nightstand encounter in Amsterdam, Clarence Coo’s “On That Day in Amsterdam” (currently on at 59E59 Theaters) delivers instead a convoluted story of risk, disenfranchisement, immigration policy, art history, and duplicity that has little to do with the narrative’s main characters. This is unfortunate given the actors are outstanding, the direction first-rate, and the…

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Broadway Review: “Into the Woods” at the St. James Theatre (Currently On)

August 22, 2022 | Broadway, Dance, do this one thing for me, Music, she loves me, transl > | "Into the Woods", Albert Guerzon, and Makeup Design), Andrea Hood (Costume Design), Annie Golden, Brian D’Arcy James as the Baker, Brooke Ishibashi, Cameron Johnson, Cody Renard Richard, Cole Thompson, Cookie Jordan (Hair, David Patrick Kelly, David Rockwell (Scenic Design), David Turner, Evan Zimmerman, Gavin Creel, James Lapine, James Ortiz (Puppet Design), Jason Forbach, Joseph Verlezza, Joshua Henry, Julia Lester, Kennedy Kanagawa, Mary Kate Moore, Matthew Murphy, MurphyMade, Patina Miller, Phillipa Soo, Sara Bareilles, Scott Lehrer and Alex Neumann (Co-Sound Designers), St. James Theatre, Stephen Sondheim, Ta’Nika Gibson, Telsey + Company, Theatre Reviews Limited, Tyler Micoleau (Lighting Design), Wigs

The most recent revival of the 1987 Broadway musical “Into the Woods” featuring music and lyrics from the late, great Stephen Sondheim is now making its triumphant return, playing at the St. James Theatre. It is without a doubt a fitting tribute to this musical theatre giant. Director Lear deBessonet has assembled an unrivaled cast of astute actors, who are…

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Off-Broadway Review: “The Butcher Boy” at Irish Repertory Theatre (Through Sunday, September 11, 2022)

August 22, 2022 | butcher boy, Off-Broadway > | "The Butcher Boy", Amanda Quaid is the Dialect Coach, Andrea Lynn Green, April Ann Kline is the Production Stage Manager, Asher Muldoon, Barry McNabb, Carey Rebecca Brown, Carol Rosegg, Casting is by JZ Casting, Christian Strange, Ciarán O’Reilly, costume design by Orla Long, Dan Macke, Daniel Marconi, David Baida, David Hancock Turner, David Roberts, Emma Camp, Emma Camp is the Assistant Choreographer, Irish Repertory Theatre, Jade Doina is the Assistant Stage Manager, Joe Cassidy, Kerry Conte, Liam Prendergast is the Assistant Director, lighting design by Kat Zhou, Mask Design is by Stanley Allan Sherman Mask Arts Company, Michele Ragusa, Nicholas Barasch, orchestrations by Muldoon and Sammy Grob, Patrick McCabe, Polly McKie, projection design by Dan Scully, Properties are by Brandy Hoang Collier, Rick Sordelet is the Fight Director, Sam Hartley, scenic design by Charlie Corcoran, Scott Stangland, sound design by M. Florian Staab, Teddy Trice, Theatre Reviews Limited

As children fishing together and hanging out at the hide they had built in the chicken house, Francie Brady (an emotive and troubled Nicholas Barasch) and Joe Purcell (the effervescent and spirited understudy Dan Macke at this performance) know they could “live this way forever.” But both boys live in Ireland’s troubling neocolonial times. The political violence and the economic…

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Off-Broadway News/Preview: “Merrily We Roll Along” Opens at New York Theatre Workshop on December 12, 2022 (Through January 8, 2023)

New York Theatre Workshop (NYTW) (Artistic Director Patricia McGregor and Managing Director Jeremy Blocker) announced today that Jonathan Groff will star as “Franklin” and Lindsay Mendez will star as “Mary” in Merrily We Roll Along, featuring music & lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, a book by George Furth, and based on the original play by George S. Kaufman & Moss Hart….

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Off-Broadway News: St. Anne’s Emerges from the Pandemic More Ambitious Than Ever!

Drawing inspiration from concerts that evolved from Brooklyn front porches to its own rooftop balcony and large-scale exhibitions mounted on its exterior facade, St. Ann’s Warehouse returns, merging public art, theater, and activism at a whole new level. In September, St. Ann’s gathers hundreds of artists, cultural, and community-based organizations to welcome Little Amal, a 12’ tall puppet of a…

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Dance News: The Joyce Theater Foundation Announces Danni Gee New Director of Programming Effective September 12, 2022

August 17, 2022 | black no, Dance, dani gee joyce theater, News, the collaboration, this land is made > | "Burn", Alan Cumming, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, Chelsea, Danni Gee, The Joyce Theater, The Joyce Theatre Foundation, The Philadelphia Dance Company

The Joyce Theater Foundation (Linda Shelton, Executive Director) is pleased to welcome Danni Gee as the organization’s new Director of Programming, effective September 12, 2022. A former principal dancer with the world-renowned Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater who started her career with Philadanco — The Philadelphia Dance Company, Ms. Gee brings over 30 years of experience in the arts to The Joyce, including…

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Off-Broadway Preview/News: “Melissa Etheridge Off-Broadway: My Window – A Journey Through Life” at New World Stages (Through Sunday. October 23, 2022)

Producers Michael Cohl and EMC Presents, in association with Larry Mestel, Deborah Klein, and Steven Greener for Primary Wave Music announce today the world premiere of Grammy & Academy Award winner Melissa Etheridge’s new Off Broadway solo show, Melissa Etheridge Off Broadway: My Window – A Journey Through Life. Beginning Thursday, October 13, 2022, the show will play twelve performances…

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Off-Broadway Preview: “Four Saints in Three Acts” at The Doxsee at Target Margin Theater (Through Sunday, October 9, 2022)

August 12, 2022 | News, Off-Broadway, Previews > | "Four Saints in Three Acts", Aaron Epstein, David Greenspan, David Roberts, Gertrude Stein, Ken Rus Schmoll, Target Margin Theater, Theatre Reviews Limited, Virgil Thomson

The Lucille Lortel Theatre presents a solo play presentation of Four Saints in Three Acts, starring renowned actor David Greenspan (The Patsy, Strange Interlude) interpreting 66 unique roles. Four Saints in Three Acts is a culmination of Greenspan’s more than decade long journey into creating a tour de force trilogy of solo interpretations of plays from the 1920’s. These previous…

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