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THE DELICIOUS PAIN OF 'CAMELOT'
Sometimes a musical is so good it hurts. I was too young to have seen Burton/Andrews/Goulet in Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Lowe’s original Camelot in…
Jun 6
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May 2023
'LIFE OF PI:' PUPPETS OF EXCELLENCE
Is excellence all? Sometimes in the theater, that is the question. The majestically designed set that overwhelms the production. The stunningly…
May 23
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Steppin' Out at 54 Below: ANDREW KOBER
How do you measure the quality of a cabaret? By the caliber of who’s onstage there on a Tuesday night. Last Tuesday night, I wandered into 54 Below with…
May 16
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STEPPIN' OUT AT 54 BELOW: Julia Riew
I went back to 54 Below last week for an unexpected treat involving a very up-and-coming young theater composer-lyricist, not even a full year out of…
May 1
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April 2023
'SWEENEY TODD:' Laceration and Art
God, I love Sweeney Todd. What a brilliant weapon of a musical it is. To my blood-letting delight, the recently-opened revival, with Joshua Groban in…
Apr 23
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STEPPIN' OUT AT 54 BELOW: Kate Baldwin & Aaron Lazar
More years ago than I choose to remember, in 1980 if you really want to know, I published my first book, co-written with my then-boss at Rolling Stone…
Apr 14
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'THE COAST STARLIGHT:' A TRIP TO PAST PERFECT
The Coast Starlight took me by surprise. It’s rather amazing to encounter a play written from a perspective you’ve never previously seen on a stage…
Apr 7
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March 2023
'PICTURES FROM HOME' & 'DEAR WORLD:' Here's To The Actors
Sometimes in the theater, you just want to watch the actors work. The play is not the thing. The work is. Actorly craftsmanship — call it artistry, in…
Mar 30
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STILL ALIVE AT THE VILLAGE VANGUARD
I returned to the Village Vanguard recently. At last. It had been quite a while—three years, at least; pre-pandemic for sure. It felt good. I was a…
Mar 13
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BEHOLD "THE SIGN IN SIDNEY BRUSTEIN'S WINDOW"
Lorraine Hansberry knew. The poignant insufficiencies of well-intentioned political activism was a blindered secret of the activist 1960’s that we can…
Mar 3
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February 2023
STEPPIN' OUT FOR JOHN GUARE
Among the many modest pleasures I missed during the depths of this Pandemic was the simple kick of hanging with New York theatricals — at the West Bank…
Feb 14
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'BETWEEN RIVERSIDE AND CRAZY:' YOURS, MINE, OURS
In 1979 I moved into a rent-stabilized apartment on Riverside Drive — just a year after “Pops,” the fictional main character in Between Riverside and…
Feb 8
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