Review: Almost Famous: The Musical Offers a Reason to Just Stay Home and Watch the Movie
So bereft of anything resembling care, wit, and imagination is this Tom Kitt-Cameron Crowe musical that it may end up being memorable for a different reason: as an object lesson in how not to bring a beloved movie to the stage.
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‘Walking with Ghosts’ is Forgettable, When It Should Be Haunting
This I believe to be true: theatre offers a form of time travel through storytelling. The performer becomes a spirit guide who guides us all towards meetings with ghosts of the past – in order to see more clearly the here and now. I believe it’s with the same intention that Gabriel Byrne created his […]
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A Blazing Romp Through America’s Dog-Eat-Dog Butchery
Suzan-Lori Parks’ Pulitzer Prize-winning love letter to hustlers returns to Broadway in a powerful production. Although Topdog/Underdog premiered off-Broadway in a pre-9/11 United States, under Kenny Leon’s direction, this revival makes it look as if it were tailor-made for the era of betrayal and dissension we live in today. The play, set in Giuliani-era New […]
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