I'm so glad I landed in Oz with the delightful Harlem Rep's reputable version of a beloved tale. It's easy to get to this terrific stage show: just follow the yellow brick road. Oh, your sta…
When art imitates life in the arts, there can be artistic differences. At the festival closing Sunday, August 6, two ambitious NYMF shows celebrate real-life artistic American men: one still…
What better message for a musical than, "Find and be your true self, despite pressures to be a clone, and you'll be a happier true you." Backbeard and Happily don't have lyrics saying those …
Looking for musicals about teens and their troubles? See our Pick of the Week for info on Happily (August 3 & 4) at NYMF. And here are reviews at two that came by first: along first at the …
Opening in NYC: Hal Prince saluted in The Prince of Broadway …..or do we mean Faith Prince who turns 60 this week (on Sunday)? Or The Student Prince, since that operetta's composer, Sigmun…
This Friday, see a 3-man Little Shop of Horrors. Its composer, Alan Menken, who turned 68 this week, has more than a birthday to celebrate: the 35th anniversary of that musical's off- …
Wow! At affordable prices, with top-notch stars, cabaret, class, and classic Cole come East for a feast: merry Mark Nadler launches a Cole Porter-centric series and his own custom brand of …
Living as the gender one sees oneself as or with same -gendered teammates (girl power)…NYMF shows cover both. Numbers Nerds is a likeable, sweet quite entertaining musical and The Body Pol…
Two NYMF shows I bet will be back for extensions are colorful, rich, and inspired by pre-existing characters. But they couldn't be more different than each other. Miss Blanche Tells It All…
Adapting a lengthy novel as a musical has its challenges " especially if, like The Time Machine and The Picture of Dorian Gray, the work is sprawling, classic, beloved… And you're unlikely…
He IS where Broadway meets cabaret! Cheyenne Jackson, born this week in 1975, started his Broadway career as an understudy. He'd been doing theatre work just on the side back in Seattle, wh…
Once (well, twice) upon a time or two, both Carole Demas and Sarah Rice played the sole female role in the original off-Broadway run of The Fantasticks. Now, many moons later, Carole (the or…
On June 8 &9 "hooray!"Michael Feinstein will honor Ella Fitzgerald as he did for Mel Tormé earlier (Review herein). Singers Nicole Henry, Jessie Mueller, and South African vocalist Vuyo So…
One of the more interesting singers on the scene these days is the one with the lovely name of Sally Darling whose newest solo cabaret show Love, Lust & Longing I am longing to see. While M…
Guess who's back in town and on Broadway? I don't mean Dolly, it's that group full of radiant harmony, Marquee Five, although you will hear something from Hello, Dolly! and other Broadway fa…
What better message to deliver to kids than that happiness and friendship will come if you'll "Just be who you really are"? A musical " endearingly entertaining " now playing, with a cast o…
The agenda on May 6, 7 and 8? Saluting some lyricists who rarely get their due. With insightful, delightful lyricist Sheldon Harnick hosting and narrating and singing a few times, Broadway…
Here's a True or False Quiz on the iconic songwriter whose work is still heard today, though he was born 12 years before the 19th century ended. Here are 10 interesting facts (or lies) abou…
Early on, when that iconic red door that has marked the gateway to Elizabeth Arden's swank Fifth Avenue salon since 1910, rolls onto the stage, it's clear we're in good hands. This good-look…
Think back to 2001. If you went to the art-house cinema at all that fall, chances are it was to catch Jean-Pierre Jeune's wide-eyed ingénue Amélie. With its many super-tight shots of newco…
In an uncertain world, one thing you can always count on is being uplifted and your cup of cheer will runneth over when entertainer extraordinaire Marilyn Maye is holding court in the spotli…
Chenoweth & McGovern's pretty inging plus Pretty Filthy, a cast recording.
Taking their cues from the movies ...
While not a typical or titanic type of musical theatre"it tends to musically glide more than soar with its more subtle persuasive attractions"the cast album is quite pleasing.
With the alarmingly large number of recent headline stories about gun violence and the ongoing debates about gun control, a sly and smart musical on the topic makes its points "and wins poin…