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By Rachel Goddard For the past eighty-four years, the Radio City Rockettes have faithfully reminded us just how magical New York is at Christmas. In the largest indoor theater in the world, this Christmas tradition has charmed audiences of tourists and New Yorkers alike ushering in the Holiday season. The Radio City Rockettes…
Written by: Tom Schulman Directed and adapted by: John Doyle By Rachel Goddard Almost thirty years since Dead Poets Society inspired us to seize the day on the silver screen, director John Doyle (The Color Purple) takes Tom Schulman’s Academy Award winning script to the stage. Presented by Classic Stage Company, Dead Poets Society features…
By Rachel Goddard It’s no secret that in today’s times the media (as we so often like to call the all-powerful bearer of bad news) picks and chooses what events they want us to know about. Looking through history, this is not a new pattern. Stories go untold and widespread tragedies are forgotten,…
By Rachel Goddard Anxiety-ridden, angsty, and desperate for purpose; Generation Y is captured perfectly by the title character of Dear Evan Hansen. Evan Hansen is a senior in high school and if severe anxiety and awkwardness weren’t enough; he is absolutely friendless. It’s the first day of his senior year in high school…
L-R: Steve Nicolson, Simon Greenall, Will Barton, Matthew Kelly and Matt Sutton in TOAST. Photo by Oliver King) By Rachel Goddard You’ve probably never thought about what it would be like to be the fly on the wall of a bread factory break room, but that’s what Richard Bean (One Man Two Guvnors)…
Elizabeth Teeter as Betty Parriss, Saoirse Ronan as Abigail Williams and Tavi Gevinson as Mary Warren Production photos by Jan Versweyveld. by Rachel Goddard This 1953 historical drama takes on a whole new meaning when watched through the vision of Broadway director Ivo van Hove, fresh off of his Broadway directorial debut with…
Ray (Alex Breaux) swims a lap in the pool that scenic designer Riccardo Hernandez (© Joan Marcus) By Rachel Goddard The play begins with Ray, played by Alex Breaux (The Real Thing) swimming the length of a plexiglass-walled pool which covers the entire front portion of the stage, the creative innovation of set-designer,…
Jason Robert Brown, Alfred Uhry, Steve Oney, Julie Burstein Photography by Melanie Einzig / Museum of Jewish Heritage by Rachel Goddard Bringing history to the stage was the theme for the evening and the subject was the Broadway musical Parade, the 1999 Tony Award Winner for Best Book of a Musical and Best…