‘Some Like It Hot’ Review: A Feverish Musical Farce
Audiences looking for a sugary shot of old-fashioned Broadway hooch will probably find much to satisfy here, but for all the energy expended and the talent on display, “Some Like It Hot” eventually begins to pall, all but numbing us to its charms by the relentlessness of its insistence upon them.
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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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