Michael C. Hall in “Lazarus” Lazarus by David Shultz How can one possibly make sense of this jukebox musical without sounding deranged? Based on the cult film classic “The Man Who Fell To Earth” directed by Nicolas Roeg, it featured David Bowie as a stranded alien, who attempted to return to his galaxy seeking…
Griffin Matthews and Michael Luwoye photo by Joan Marcus. By Julia Polinsky Lots of youthful earnestness, needing some work. But in Invisible Thread, with saturated colors, vibrant movement, and heart-tugging sentiment, as the first-act anthem says, they put it all on the line. Griffin Matthews opens Invisible Thread by telling us, up…
l to r: Justin Scott Brown (as Tim) George Lee Andrews (as Scrooge) Photos by John Vecchiolla by Ed Lieberman In the vein of the current mania for prequels and sequels, Tim and Scrooge picks up the story of Charles Dickens’ beloved A Christmas Carol twelve years later. Scrooge, after his transformation from miser…
Josh Segarra and Ana Villafane by Eugene Paul There are so many ways to look at this endearing, heart warming monster musical that it would be a shame not to enumerate some of them: first: there’s the smart money Broadway savvy, far from visionaries who see clearly that this show would be totally out of…
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…
by Marc Miller When Dames at Sea was announced for the Broadway stage, the main worry was: Would bigger be better? The formerly off-Broadway musical by George Haimsohn and Robin Miller (book and lyrics) and Jim Wise (music), a 1968 hit that first got Bernadette Peters noticed, satirizes the large Warner Brothers Busby…
Robert Cuccioli as Mayer Rothschild by Eugene Paul In a rich and moving reworking of the well remembered Bock/Harnick musical, The Rothschilds, new ground has been plowed which gives book writer Sherman Yellen reason to make positive changes in his original book, the astounding story of that family, baring the bite that was carefully…
Ella Briggs, Duke Lafoon and the cast Photo Credit: Diane Sobolewski By Ed Lieberman Christmas came early to the Goodspeed Opera House this year, in the form of a new production of A Wonderful Life, the Sheldon Harnick (book and lyrics)/Joe Raposo (music) adaptation of the iconic Frank Capra holiday film, It’s a Wonderful Life, which…
By Ed Lieberman One of the truly ground breaking Broadway musicals of all time in a gorgeous must-see production. WBT has another hit on its hands! The “Cotton Blossom” riverboat has steamed its way north to the Hudson and anchored in Elmsford for a three month layover. Cap’n Andy and crew are putting on…