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Sweeney Todd: Not a Demon, But a Barber of Fleet Street

Posted by Lisa Monde | 24th Sep 2023 | Musical Theatre, New York, Review, United States of America

Up to the present moment a debate has been going on – whether the demon-barber of Fleet Street had...

On Broadway, “Burn This” Singes the Frayed Nerves of 20th Century Romance

Posted by Michael Appler | 19th Apr 2019 | New York, Review, United States of America

“I’m being pillaged and raped. I’m being pillaged and I’m being raped. And I don’t like it,” says...

On Broadway, “Kiss Me, Kate” Is True To Fashion, For Better Or Worse

Posted by Michael Appler | 19th Mar 2019 | Musical Theatre, New York, Review, United States of America

Anyone who tells you that Cole Porter’s Kiss Me, Kate isn’t, or can’t be, a kick in the teeth to...

Invigorated By A New Cast, “My Fair Lady” Continues to Enchant Broadway

Posted by Michael Appler | 8th Mar 2019 | Musical Theatre, New York, Review, Theatre and Gender, United States of America

Lincoln Center has reissued its mandate for Lerner and Loewe’s 1956 classic, casting off whatever creative anxiety earlier dogged the production and staging a decidedly lighter, exuberant My Fair Lady.

Truth And “True West”

Posted by Jonathan Kalb | 10th Feb 2019 | New York, Review, United States of America

Sam Shepard’s True West has always been a magnet for celebrity hamming, particularly in the role...

“Torch Song” Breathes New Life, Radiantly Led By Michael Urie

Posted by Michael Appler | 8th Nov 2018 | LGBTQ+ Theatre, New York, Review, United States of America

You may find that this glorious Broadway revival, led by Michael Urie and Mercedes Ruehl in the same theater where it opened over 35 years ago, burns a softer flame — no less bright, for sure, but perhaps a bit more tender, lit for a time when a drag queen poised before a Broadway audience, while no less political, is imaginably less avant-garde.

Edward Albee’s “Three Tall Women”: A Dissent

Posted by Jonathan Kalb | 4th May 2018 | New York, Playwriting, Review, Theatre and Age, United States of America

My reaction to Edward Albee’s Three Tall Women when it first arrived in New York in 1994 was...

“My Fair Lady” is Revived, Brilliantly Led by Lauren Ambrose

Posted by Michael Appler | 1st Mar 2018 | New York, Review, Theatre and Gender, United States of America

Where others this season have failed to mount lovable productions of classic Broadway theater, Bartlett Sher’s lush, elegant revival of My Fair Lady is triumphantly successful.