Peter Friedman, Sydney Lemmon (Photo: Emilio Madrid) JOB By David Schultz After two sold out runs downtown, this probing drama has moved to Broadway. Director Michael Herwitz marshals this two-hander with an undercurrent of suspense that quickly intensifies as the evening progresses. Written by 26-year-old playwright Max Wolf Friedlich, this 80-minute roller coaster ride jolts…
The cast of Cats: The Jellicle Ball. (Photo: Matthew Murphy and Evan Zimmerman) Cats: The Jellicle Ball By Deirdre Donovan The competition of all competitions is underway at the Perelman Performing Arts Center (PAC) this summer. Under the arrangement of the Really Useful Group, and the inspired direction of Zhailon Levingston and Bill Rauch, a…
Musical director and host Ted Sperling at the 92nd Street Y. (Photo: Richard Termine) Wonder of Wonders: Celebrating Sheldon Harnick By Deirdre Donovan Wonder of Wonders: Celebrating Sheldon Harnick closed out the 2023-2024 Lyrics & Lyricists series on a glorious note. Written, directed, and genially hosted by Ted Sperling, it originally was planned to be…
Jeremy Jordan, Eva Noblezada (Photo: Matthew Murphy and Evan Zimmerman) The Great Gatsby By Deirdre Donovan Directed by Marc Bruni, a musical adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s landmark novel The Great Gatsby comes to Broadway this season with all the glitz and glamor of the Roaring Twenties. Following its sold-out world premiere at the Paper…
Maleah Joi Moon and the company of Hell’s Kitchen. (Photo: Marc J. Franklin) Hell’s Kitchen By Deirdre Donovan The new Alicia Keys-scored musical Hell’s Kitchen is now heating up the boards at the Shubert Theatre. Inspired by the life of Alicia Keys—global megastar and winner of fifteen Grammy Awards—it focuses on several months in the…
Eddie Redmayne and the Ensemble. (Photo: Marc Brenner) Cabaret By Fern Siegel Cabaret has seen several revivals since its Broadway debut in 1966. The Kander-Ebb musical, set in early 1930s Weimar Berlin, was based on “I Am A Camera,” the 1951 play by John Van Druten, which in turn, was based on Christopher Isherwood’s 1939…
The cast of Stereophonic (Photo: Julieta Cervantes) Stereophonic By Deirdre Donovan David Adjmi’s Stereophonic, meticulously directed by Daniel Aukin, comes to Broadway with a ton of buzz. Following its sold-out run at Playwrights Horizons last season, it has winged five blocks over to the Golden Theatre, bringing all of its theatrical magic with it. The…
The Ensemble of Water for Elephants (Photo: Matthew Murphy) Water for Elephants By David Schultz A new theatrical adaption of Sarah Gruen’s popular 2006 novel, Water for Elephants, has set up its Big Top smack in Times Square. Wonder of wonders, it culls much from the novel and trims the excess to streamline the drama…
Joy Woods, Ryan Vasquez (Photo: Julieta Cervantes) The Notebook By Lydia Keidel Bring your tissues! The Notebook, Nicolas Sparks’ breakout romantic novel, which later became a blockbuster film, is now retold as a Broadway musical. This optimistic tearjerker is true to the book except it uses three pairs of actors portraying the same couple at…
The Cast of The Outsiders (Photo: Matthew Murphy) The Outsiders By Marc Miller If you were in high school in the late ’60s or early ’70s and had a streak of rebellious youth in you, chances are you got around to The Outsiders, S.E. Hinton’s 1967 novel. Hinton, who was Susan Eloise Hinton but felt…