Stephen Sondheim’s Old Friends is a heartfelt farewell love letter to the legendary Stephen Sondheim. The show brings together the finest talents from Broadway and the West End in an unforgettable tribute to one of theatre’s most iconic composers and lyricists, celebrating some of his most beloved works. Leading the production is none other than…
Sneaking in at the end of April as one of the final musicals to transfer from off-Broadway and open on Broadway this season, Dead Outlaw tells the thrilling true story of a notorious criminal whose corpse was turned into a carnival attraction—and ultimately left a greater impact on the world after his death than he…
Floyd Collins, the revived musical now at Lincoln Center’s Vivian Beaumont Theater, is based on a true story. In 1925, a Kentucky cave explorer (Jeremy Jordan) searches Sand Cave, hoping to capitalize on tourist interest. Squeezing through tight spaces that would terrify others, Floyd Collins’ luck runs out. His spelunking causes him to lose his…
When Jonathan Groff finishes a big number in Just in Time—and there are quite a few—he’s a mess. Bent over, breathing heavily from holding that long last note, wet hair in his face, sweating so profusely that the authors slipped a joke about it into the script, he has given, given, given. And when he’s…
Charming, tuneful, heartwarming, eye-filling, and predictable (but it doesn’t matter), Real Women Have Curves proves that everything old can be new again. And that’s just fine, thank you! This musical version of Real Women Have Curves has had a couple of lives before it became a Broadway musical. It started out as a play, written…
Attention Gilbert & Sullivan purists: though you may be passionate about the original, you won’t be able to resist the current giddy reinvention of The Pirates of Penzance, their immortal operetta that premiered in New York in 1879 to protect its copyright from piracy (forgive me), a fate that had befallen their earlier HMS Pinafore….
First, this Smash is a departure from the NBC series. The theatrical focus is on the making of Bombshell: The Marilyn Monroe Musical, not the who-will-play-Marilyn frenzy that accompanied the maligned TV show or what New York termed “appointment hate-watch.” That’s a plus — as this Smash is a musical comedy, a tart valentine to…
Betty Boop was a Jazz Age creation, known for her sexy body, high-pitched voice and flirty charm. Inspired, in part, by two 1920s jazz singers, Helen Kane and Baby Esther, she made her debut in 1930 in the Fleischer Studios’ Talkartoons. And such is her appeal, she’s remained a public figure for almost 100 years….
The best anti-depressant in the world is playing now at the Schoenfeld on 45th Street. Forget your Prozac, your Xanax, your anti-anxiety meds. Run, don’t walk, to see Buena Vista Social Club and let its magic blend of song, story, music, and dance wash the world out of your hair for two delightful hours. This…
The Greeks used a Trojan Horse to deceive their enemies. The British used a Trojan Corpse to fool the Nazis in WWII. The plot, dubbed “Operation Mincemeat,” was so successful, it played a key role in the Allied invasion of Sicily. The 1943 espionage scheme sounds absurd: MI5 plants fake papers on a British corpse…