I first saw Jonathan Larson’s Tick, Tick… BOOM! in September 2001, the weekend after 9/11. The show was playing in the West Village at the Jane Street Theatre in an area that had just reopened for regular business. Even a couple days before the show, I...
This past Sunday we finally got to see Disney’s Aladdin on Broadway. We’ve had the tickets for a while having decided to make it part of my birthday week. The show is absolutely spectacular, living up to its hype. While the show is the story of Aladdin,...
I made a return trip to Newsies on Wednesday night. I’ve talked about doing that since I saw it back in March 2012, just a day before it officially opened on Broadway. I liked it a lot the first time, but it was even better this time out. I’d written in...
Sunday we headed to Bullets Over Broadway: The Musical a stage musical adaptation of the Woody Allen film. I admit I haven’t seen the movie. What drew me to seeing the musical was that it starred Marin Mazzie and featured choreography by Susan Stroman, who also...
Our second of three ballets for the season came last night as we saw American Ballet Theatre’s presentation of Manon. While I didn’t completely engage with the plot, the dancing, especially from principals Polina Semionova, as Manon, and Cory Stearns, as...
I’ve seen Les Miserables on stage a number of times, starting from the late 80s when I saw it on tour in Birmingham, Alabama. The epic show has always been a favorite. Last night I saw it for the first time in more than a decade because I couldn’t pass up...
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