"Creditors" (gorgeously lit by Japhy Weideman) is like a fine wine soured into the most bitter vinegar imaginable. It's a squirming pleasure to watch these three give it a swig.
This smart and surprising show - still in just its third production - is already more than a match for other small-scale musicals I can think of that managed good runs off-Broadway. Long que…
A lot has happened to Valerie Vigoda and Brendan Milburn since they hit the Old Globe Theatre six years ago with their band and a brand-new musical, "Striking 12."
He can say it now: Running the Old Globe's Summer Shakespeare Festival drove Darko Tresnjak up the wall.
In its world premiere at the Old Globe Theatre, "Sammy" has visual splash, graceful and kinetic staging, and a committed lead performance by Obba BabatundeÌ. But the show can feel relentl…
The fact these actors actually pull it off - sweaty and breathless but still (mostly) standing at the end - is the last, best laugh.
The First Wives Club kicks off with more fits and starts than a dithering bridezilla in a dress shop. But that first half, when we meet the wives and their woes, is just a setup for the second, when they actually go into action. That's when First Wives and its new songs by the incomparable Motown team Holland/Dozier/Holland step up with a pizazz that befits a (potentially) Broadway-bound show.
Old Globe has lined up an all-star team for a musical based on 'First Wives Club,' including pop giants Holland/Dozier/Holland
As vividly as McNally, director Trip Cullman and the show's strong cast bring these people to life, it's still hard to buy the way they fit into each other's lives.
In Globe's musical ode to toil, the unsung take a bow