‘Some Like It Hot’ review — Broadway adaptation of the hit film turns up the comedy and the fun
Happily, this lavish show based on the Oscar-winning 1959 Billy Wilder classic rom-com mostly delivers that. Screen-to-stage adaptations are always tricky endeavors, and this one scores points for not just tracing the source but turning up some fresh ideas of its own.
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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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