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by Michall Jeffers What more can possibly be said about Hamilton, the toast of the town? The show has been praised to the heavens, and only the prospect of winning a billion dollars has created more of a frenzy for tickets. It s original, educational, exhilarating, and acclaimed. It has shattered records for the amount…
The Color Purple By Michall Jeffers “If God ever listened to a poor colored woman, the world would be a different place,” Celie declares. There’s no doubt that everyone in the audience hears and appreciates the heroine of The Color Purple. Cheers ring through the house, and a standing ovation is given to her…
photos by Mathew Murphy School of Rock By Michall Jeffers This is it. This is that $16 million Broadway show for the whole family, with something for everyone. One caveat: those with sensitive ears, bring your earplugs. This opus is loud. The assumption may be that everyone has seen School of Rock, the 2003 movie,…
By Michall Jeffers There’s a great line in the movie Mississippi Burning: You marry the first boy who makes you laugh. It’s no secret that laughter is a great aphrodisiac. How else can it be explained that in pulling out all the stops to make the audience laugh, stand- up comedian Colin Quinn comes across as…
Kristine Nielsen, Tom Phelan Photos: Joan Marcus by Michall Jeffers Every now and then a play comes along that’s so specific, people either love it or hate it. This season, we have HIR. Burning topics of the day are pushed to the extreme; the audience either roars with laughter, or sits in bewildered silence….
Betsy Morgan, Barbara Walsh, and Caissie Levy . Photo Credit: Joan Marcus By Michall Jeffers There is real brilliance in Michael John LaChiusa’s First Daughter Suite, but it’s not always easy to take. For anyone who’s been enmeshed in a difficult mother/daughter scenario, for anyone who shares a sisterhood that teeters between love and rivalry,…
Photo: Getty Images By Michall Jeffers Trip of Love is a recreation, through music, of a particular moment in the history of our country. When the audience enters the theater, the very walls throb with psychedelic images of mushrooms and ephemera, all done in neon shades of blue, purple, red, and pink. The…
Paul Alexander Nolan and Megan McGinnis by Michall Jeffers One thing’s for sure; if you put on a play with only two actors, they better be really good. Daddy Long Legs is most fortunate in having Megan McGinnis as the orphan Jerusha, and Paul Alexander Nolan as her benefactor, Jervis. Nolan is handsome, earnest,…
Emily Donohue, Linda Powell and Andrew Garman photos by Joan Marcus by Michall Jeffers What a joy it is to experience a play that forces us to think about what we really believe. I challenge any intelligent theater-goes to see The Christians, and then not want to discuss it at length. Is there a…
Patrick Page, Kate Burton, Hamish Linklater, and Teagle F. Bougere Photo by Carol Rosegg By Michall Jeffers Cymbeline is not a great play. In fact, it’s not even a particularly good one. So, lucky for Central Park theater goers, director Daniel Sullivan has taken a tongue-in-cheek approach, and turned this perennial Shakespeare also-ran into…