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"JELLY'S LAST JAM:" Sweet Substitute
The superlative revival of Jelly’s Last Jam that recently closed at Encores! (and urgently deserves to reopen soon on Broadway) was something I never…
Mar 17
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February 2024
"ONCE UPON A MATTRESS" & "DAYS OF WINE AND ROSES:" Mother and Son
I first met Mary Rodgers 26 years ago this month in the conference room at some theatrically-connected law firm where we’d assembled to hash out…
Feb 14
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January 2024
Steppin' Out at THE LAURIE BEECHMAN THEATRE
We lose landmarks all the time in this city. I don’t mean lose them to the jackhammers only — though, lord knows, way too many get torn down. I mean…
Jan 24
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"HERE WE ARE" Unwrapped
I finally caught Stephen Sondheim’s posthumous “final” musical, Here We Are, during its closing weeks at The Shed recently. I then went back for a look…
Jan 18
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December 2023
"THE GARDENS OF ANUNCIA:" A Choreographer Sings
I rather like the idea of musicals about choreographers’ lives. Why not get to know the mover behind the moves? Why not sing and dance their story? Bob…
Dec 26, 2023
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BACK TO "ARCADIA"
Seeing Tom Stoppard’s Arcadia in London at the National Theater in the Spring of 1993 may have changed me forever. Or not at all. The essence of the…
Dec 12, 2023
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AH, "MERRILY"
It has taken me weeks to write about Merrily We Roll Along. So much has been said; so much is still being said. What do I need to say? I have always…
Dec 6, 2023
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AH, "MERRILY"
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November 2023
SAFE AT HOME WITH "THE ORCHESTRA NOW"
The invitation was…well, inviting: Carnegie Hall. Conductor Leon Botstein. An orchestra of young virtuosos. Playing the music of Jewish composers in…
Nov 26, 2023
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"THE FROGS" Clarified
I had a Sondheim flashback all my own watching The Frogs recently — S.S.’s rarely produced mini-masterwork, in a revelatory concert staging mounted by…
Nov 13, 2023
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Steppin' Out at 54 Below: NORBERT LEO BUTZ
Norbert Leo Butz is one hell of a musical theater star. He projects grit and authenticity and depth on Broadway musical stages where the rule is spangly…
Nov 1, 2023
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October 2023
Steppin' Out: "THE KING OF SCHLEP" LANDS AT BIRDLAND
I have savored Vince Giordano and his Nighthawks in a plethora of places all around this town for years, including my own home court, the Park Avenue…
Oct 27, 2023
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LANGUAGE IS "PURLIE VICTORIOUS"
Language is power. The words kept resounding in my head as I alternately laughed and practically cried out (far, far, more of the former) at Purlie…
Oct 16, 2023
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