Dominique Scott as Jerry Lee Lewis, John Michael Presney as Carl Perkins, Ari Mckay Wilford as Elvis Presley, and Sky Seals as Johnny Cash Photos by John Vecchiolla By Ed Lieberman Long before the dream team known as the Traveling Wilburys (George Harrison, Bob Dylan, Roy Orbison, Tom Petty and Jeff Lynn), there…
Santino Fontana and cast by Deirdre Donovan If you are a chronic rooter for the underdog, then God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater will be right up your alley. Howard Ashman and Alan Menken’s 1979 musical version of Kurt Vonnegut’s novel resurfaces at New York City Center’s Encores! Off-Center series–and it couldn’t be fresher. …
Kathy Biehl & Noah Diamond By Marc Miller Those who revere the Marx Brothers—there are still quite a few of us, thank you—have always been curious about I’ll Say She Is. The first Marx musical, written by no one you ever heard of (book and lyrics, Will B. Johnstone; music, Tom Johnstone), landed on…
Photos by John Vecchiolla Anything Goes By Edward Lieberman The WBT’s 206th production is the rollicking Cole Porter’s Anything Goes, featuring an outstanding cast, precision tap dancing, gorgeous costumes and a great orchestra: in short everything you would want in a show . . . except, alas, for a coherent plot. But even…
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…
to R: PAUL PECORINO, TORI MURRAY and KIM MARESCA Photo: Carol Rosegg By Edward Rubin January 23, the day of the Great Blizzard here in New York, closed all Broadway shows and most off Broadway, but not Ruthless where the actors, most likely already in costume, would not abandon the stage so easily. …
JOAN MARCUS/©2016 JOAN MARCUS Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin and John Adams push for independence — and are played by, from left, John Behlmann, John Larroquette and Santino Fontano in “1776.” The show informs the Broadway hit “Hamilton.” by Julia Polinsky Delightful. Engaging. Sometimes thrilling. How many ways are there to say the Encores! production…
Paul Schoefler, and cast Photos by John Vecchiolla By Eugene Paul There’s an apocryphal story that in 1960, Dale Wasserman, who wrote his non-musical teleplay “I,Don Quixote”, went to a fortune teller to advise him about allowing director Albert Marre to develop it into a musical for the stage. The fortune…
by Eugene Paul They’re going to have a bit of a problem over at Southern Comfort. Well, kind of a joyous one. And after all they’ve been through, well, why not: who’s going to get the nomination for best leading actor? That’s always fun. That and best leading actress. Fun, too. …
Erin McCracken as Patsy Cline Photos by John Vecchiolla By Ed Lieberman The Westchester Broadway Theatre’s latest production is Always . . .Patsy Cline, a tribute to the famous country singer, whose life was tragically cut short in a plane crash in 1963, at the age of 30. Cline, who was the first woman…