We were among the lucky who saw Jason Robert Brown’s The Last Five Years when it made its New York debut in the spring of 2002. The two person musical starred a then relatively unknown Norbert Leo Butz and Sherie Rene Scott. It was an incredible work. Eleven...
Our diverse season with the Roundabout Theatre Company, which also included The Mystery of Edwin Drood and Picnic, wrapped up yesterday afternoon with the revival of Clifford Odets’ The Big Knife. This drama, set in 1948, focuses on Hollywood star Charlie...
Nearly 40 years before Spiderman took flight at the Foxwoods Theatre, Superman had already become the first superhero musical. Back in 1966, the songwriting team that brought everyone the classic Bye Bye Birdie and the duo who would go on to write the screenplay for...
We’ve seen Ragtime a number of times over the years. The first was September 1997 in Los Angeles during the show’s pre-Broadway tryout. After that we saw the original production a couple times on Broadway followed a performance of the 2009 revival. Last...
Bare: The Musical announced its off-Broadway closing date a couple weeks ago and I knew I needed try to get back to the show one more time before its departure. Luckily I figured out my schedule quickly because tickets for the closing weekend moved quickly. It’s...
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