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If "Speech & Debate" is a sign of what's to come from the Underground, look for good things to sprout up.
In the 1980s, Duran Duran broke into worldwide fame—and the hearts of the Wedding Singer generation—with globetrotting videos like "Rio" and "Hungry Like the Wolf." But now they're bringing a world of fans to New York. On Thursday, they begin an unprecedented nine-night stand at the Barrymore Theatre, and fans will flock in from all over to hear their new album, Red Carpet Massacre, out November 13, performed live in its entirety.
This kind of writerly invention doesn't necessarily detract from "A Bronx Tale." But the play does end up feeling like an elaborate pitch for a movie that has already been made.
Theater always gives food for thought. "Milk 'N' Honey," a show about why we eat what we eat in America, goes further: It serves one actor in the cast a full meal at every performance.
Leaving the Daryl Roth Theatre after seeing "Fuerzabruta," my nephew commented: "It's like a safe rave meets an hour-long Nike commercial."
Even as a strike looms large over Broadway, the shows must go on. And shows must vie for audiences - which means producers are strategizing about how to attract audiences to their production…
Two shows opened this week in which music is an integral element. But only one hits enough right notes to recommend it.
"Pygmalion" all but sings without any music. I could have watched all night.
Last seen on stage mugging it up - and butching it up - as Gary Coleman in "Avenue Q," Natalie Venetia Belcon is back to being a girl.
"We need to prepare ourselves for any contingency," said union spokesman Bruce Cohen. "This dispute is far from being resolved. We have gone to DEFCON 2."
The shows will go on - for now.
