Maria Bilbao (as Gloria Estefan) Photos by John Vecchiolla On Your Feet By Edward Lieberman For its summer production WBT is cranking up the heat! Its 211th production is On Your Feet, the sizzling musical retelling of the career of Gloria and Emilio Estefan, Cuban emigres who became the first crossover artists to hit…
Octet By Eugene Paul The most shattering, the most piercing theatrical event in New York at the present time has just opened, right in the teeth of the feverish voting season scene and it blows them all away. It is Octet, the blazing chorale of musical magician Dave Malloy, the book, the lyrics,…
Michael Urie, Kevin Chamberlin photos Joan Marcus Encores! High Button Shoes by David Schultz & Jeanne Lieberman This is the 75th anniversary of Encores! the immensely successfuli concert series dedicated to performing rarely heard American musicals, Presented by New York City Center since 1994, Its first production, Fiorello! (1959), was sold out in hours. Their selections have reached back…
Newsies By Ed Lieberman At a time when the youth of the world are taking leadership roles in calling attention to issues such as climate change and gun control, Westchester Broadway Theatre is presenting Newsies, an exuberant musical adaptation of the 1992 Disney movie of the same name that starred Christian Bale. Although…
The Bodyguard, The Musical By Edward Lieberman The White Plains Performing Arts Center (WPPAC) is hosting the regional premiere of The Bodyguard, the Musical, based upon the hit movie, “The Bodyguard,” which starred Whitney Houston and Kevin Costner. The…
Joon (Hannah Elless) & Benny (Claybourne Elder) Benny & Joon By David Schultz This current season (Hell, the last few years actually) is seeing its share of film to live theater treatments once again. Tootsie, Pretty Woman, Magic Mike (upcoming fall season), Beetlejuice, are currently in previews or up and running in…
Captions: Ted Chapin, Co-host of Sondheim: Wordplay Photo Credit: Richard Termine Sondheim: Wordplay A Review by Deirdre Donovan Teaser: The 92nd Street Y’s Lyrics & Lyricists series takes a closer look at Sondheim’s preternatural gift for wordplay. Sondheim, anyone? The latest offering of the 92nd Street Y’s “Lyrics & Lyricists” series was entitled Sondheim: Wordplay, presented…
Sara Means, Mark Evans photos Joan Marcus I Married an Angel Encores! At New York City Center by Julia Polinsky What theater aficionado doesn’t love a Rodgers and Hart score? Just knowing that Encores! was doing their dance musical, I Married an Angel, was enough to tip off anticipation. The cream on…
Steve Rosen and David Rossmer The Other Josh Cohen by Julia Polinsky That NYC rite of passage — the break-in — sets up just how pathetic, geeky, and miserable is Josh Cohen’s life. (“Only the Beginning”) Before the house lights go down, even before everyone’s seated, a thief breaks into Josh’s apartment (terrific…
Clockwise from center: Megan Cavanagh, Roberta B. Wall, Donna J. Huntley and Debby Rosenthal (Photos by John Vecchiolla) Menopause The Musical By Edward Lieberman Not much mystery here: the title says it all! The show revolves around four characters, purportedly portraying four different female personality types: a “Professional Woman,” played by Donna J….