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Preview: Donmar Warehouse Production of “Les Liaisons Dangereuses” Opens at the Booth Theatre on Sunday October 30, 2016

August 31, 2016 | Broadway, broadway company mail, house that will, laura beth, News, Previews, the house > | Tags:

Full casting has been announced for the Donmar Warehouse production of Christopher Hampton’s Les Liaisons Dangereuses starring Tony Award winners Janet McTeer and Liev Schreiber, directed by the Donmar’s Artistic Director Josie Rourke. The production begins performances on Saturday, October 8, 2016 and will open on Sunday, October 30, 2016 at the Booth Theatre (222 W 45th St). This is…

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Broadway Review: “On Your Feet” at the Marquis Theatre

June 29, 2016 | Broadway, gloria, you will die > | Tags:

Exactly how easy is it to get up on one’s feet after a significant life challenge? “On Your Feet!,” currently playing at the Marquis Theatre, addresses this enduring question by focusing on the lives and successful careers of Emilio and Gloria Estefan. The musical follows Gloria’s flight from Cuba’s Revolution, to meeting Emilio while in college in the United States,…

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Broadway Review: “American Psycho” Teases the Psyche at the Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre

May 26, 2016 | american psycho, Broadway, girlfriend > | Tags:

Change one letter in the phrase ‘American Psycho’ to form a phrase that describes the essence of Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa/Duncan Sheik’s musical currently playing at the Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre – a phrase that handily explains why the musical garnered such praise on the London stage. The result: ‘American Psyche.” Brits love watching the foibles of their “children across the pond” play…

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Broadway Review: “Waitress” Satisfies the Senses at the Brooks Atkinson Theatre

May 21, 2016 | Broadway, brooks atkinson theatre, sense and, waitress > | Tags:

You will be forgiven if you walk into the Brooks Atkinson Theatre and wonder if you have mistakenly ended up at the neighborhood diner. Yes, that is the aroma of warm cinnamon tickling your nose. And yes, it turns out to be a pretty apt metaphor for the show you are about to see. “Waitress,” after all, mostly takes place…

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Broadway Review: “Shuffle Along” at The Music Box Theater

May 4, 2016 | Broadway >

Officially the last production of the 2015/16 season, “Shuffle Along” is the much anticipated not– quite -revival starring Audra McDonald and Brian Stokes Mitchell. The full title is “Shuffle Along: The Making of the Musical Sensation of 1921 and All That Followed,” and indeed, it tells the story of a Broadway show that was the first to star an all-black cast.   In other words, this is not…

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Broadway Review: “Long Day’s Journey Into Night” at American Airlines Theatre

May 4, 2016 | all i want is one night, Broadway, king kong, mother night, tootsie >

I confess that my mind started wandering about three hours into this one, but soon enough, the words, and those reciting them, pulled me back in. “Long Day’s Journey Into Night” is arguably Eugene O’Neill’s most famous– and most harrowing– work. Unlike Arthur Miller, whose family angst was often searinglyrepressed or unspoken, O’Neill put it all out there. In this revival, a Roundabout production at the American Airlines Theatre,…

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Broadway Review: “She Loves Me” at Roundabout Theatre Company at Studio 54

April 24, 2016 | Broadway, broadway company mail, she loves me >

For those who need reminders, this musical has a long history, both behind and in front of it.  (Stay with me here) It all began as an East European play, apparently, but for most of is, it started as a beguiling 1940 movie called “The Shop Around The Corner,” starring Jimmy Stewart and Maureen Sullivan as sparring co-workers at a…

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Broadway Review: “The Father” at Manhattan Theatre Club’s Samuel J. Friedman Theatre

April 14, 2016 | Broadway, doug hughes, on beckett > | Tags: ,

“With Blue – uncertain stumbling Buzz – Between the light – and me – And then the Windows failed – and then I could not see to see.” (Emily Dickenson, “I heard a Fly buzz” – No. 465) Anne (Kathryn Erbe) was “scared of [her father André] when [she] was little.” In the present – as he battles his advanced Alzheimer’s – André is more childlike, requesting Anne sing him…

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Broadway Review: “Bright Star” Celebrates Redemptive Hope at the Cort Theatre

April 5, 2016 | Broadway, harmony > | Tags:

“And I understood that truth seeks us out – then walks beside us like a shadow, and one day it merges with us. Until it does, we are not truly whole.” (Billy to Miss Murphy) Steve Martin and Edie Brickell’s “Bright Star” is a welcomed infusion of optimism into the veins of the Broadway stage and a delightful breath of…

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Broadway Review: Danai Gurira’s “Eclipsed” Resonates Deeply at the Golden Theatre

April 4, 2016 | Broadway, rescue rue > | Tags:

Liberia’s Civil Wars created havoc in the fragile West African Nation from 1980 until 2003. The political upheaval often eclipsed the myriad of humanitarian crises generated by the fighting in the region including massacres of civilians, unlawful prison camps, refugee crises, and the capture, captivity, and rape of local women. Danai Gurira’s “Eclipsed” focuses narrowly on the lives of five…

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