Broadway Review: Zesty ‘Some Like it Hot’ races to a whole new conclusion
And of all Shaiman’s wonderful past musical scores, this is the one that most celebrates the big band era — the levels are high, the joint gets musically pumping, the harmonics are lush and Nicholaw’s grand dancers commit to every kinetic moment. The music, at least, is red hot and jumpin’.
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Audra McDonald Does Magic in the Lackluster ‘Ohio State Murders’
Adrienne Kennedy has just opened the recently renamed James Earl Jones Theatre with her Broadway debut― Ohio State Murders. And gee, what an opening it is. The production is led by six-time Tony-Award winner, Audra McDonald under the helm of Tony Award-winning director Kenny Leon, with a phenomenal set by Tony Award-winning designer Beowulf Boritt, […]
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“Ain’t No Mo’” is a Ravishing Bouquet of Blackness
The revolutionary power of Black joy takes center stage in the Broadway debut of Jordan E. Cooper’s ravishing play, Ain’t No Mo.’ Much like its 2019 production at the Public Theater, this uproariously gut-punching transfer posits a world wherein every Black person in the United States is offered a one-way ticket to Africa. Far from […]
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