04/06/2014 If/Then By: Eugene Paul Idina Menzel and James Snyder in a scene from If/Then (Photo credit: Joan Marcus) Composer Tom Kitt and lyricist/book author Brian Yorkey, prize winners for their Next to Normal, have written an original show – “original” in the sense that it is not based on a film or another written…
03/28/2014 The Bridges of Madison County By: Jeannie Lieberman Kelli O’Hara and Steven Pasquale photo credit Joan Marcus If you l loved Robert James Waller’s 1992 book, got teary through the Meryl Streep/ Clint Eastwood 1995 movie, nothing brings a story home as watching it live onstage.j This version is utterly and unabashedly romantic. Especially…
03/26/2014 Aladdin By: Jeannie Lieberman Arabian Nights opening number in Aladdin (Photo credit: Deen Van Meer) Disney Does It Again! Delivers the requisite feel good family show utilizing all the resources at hand. The delightful 1992 animated film is now brought to glorious Technicolor life thanks to the efforts of a crack team: Director/ choreographer…
01/29/2014 Machinal By: Eugene Paul Rebecca Hall and Morgan Spector in a scene from Machinal (Photo credit: Joan Marcus) If you look up “Machinal” in English dictionaries, you’ll find definitions centering on its reference to machines. The French do it better: they liken “Machinal” to one’s life becoming machine like. Rebecca Hall, lovely scion of…