Monthly Archives: April 2011
Reminder – Memphis
Just a friendly reminder.Memphis, the 2010 Tony award winner for Best Musical will have a film screening of it’s live stage performance. It is a limited engagement playing from April 28 to May 3rd, tickets are usually around $20. On Broadway the cheap seat start at $50 and can run up to $150 for regular orchestra seats … Continue reading
Frankenstein – NT Live Reminder
So I decided I had to go see this show again and I managed to successfully pimp it out to a couple of friends. See my original post hereand follow the link to see if it’s playing in a neighborhood near you. For those in the metro DC area, there are tickets available for the matinee … Continue reading
Theater Pimp’iquette
Over years of theater going I’ve been constantly amazed how people behave, or I should more appropriately say don’t behave, during a show. I will admit that I am a devotee of Miss Manners, and one of her rules is that publicly correcting rude behavior of other people is equally rude. So imagine the years of frustration I’ve suffered … Continue reading
Arcadia – On Broadway
So I am declaring my Saturday trip to NYC a wholesale success despite the ridiculously early start, the wretched weather and the surly bus driver and it is entirely due to the fantastic production of Arcadia I got to see (and the companionship of a great friend). It’s a rare event that I can sit … Continue reading
Off to NYC
Saturday morning and I’m headed for NYC! Yay! It’ been exactly three months (January 16th) since I’ve headed north to see a show. That may not seem like a long time but before that I had been two months since I’d been to NYC and before that it had been 6 months since I’ve been to … Continue reading
The Importance of Being Earnest
At a Theater Near You The current Broadway production of Oscar Wilde’s “The Importance of Being Earnest” may be coming to a theater near you. Two performances of the criticaly acclaimed show were filmed and will be screened in a VERY limited release around the country and internationally, between June 2nd and 28th. I’m a little disappointed … Continue reading
King Lear – Synetic Theater
For those who are not familiar with the work of the Synetic Theater this is not Shakespeare the way you expect. Synetic Theater specializes in taking Shakespeare’s work and stripping out all the language and replacing it with a combination of music, movement, dance and pantomime. When I first heard of these productions I had my doubts but … Continue reading
“Jumping the Shark” with Jazz Hands
Okay, let me start by saying that I loved the revival of Chicago… when it came out in 1996. While I never saw the original Broadway cast (not that I didn’t try; I’ll do another post on the inappropraiteness of a Saturday evening performances with only the understudies on deck) the touring production was really, really good. It was one of … Continue reading
An Ideal Husband – Review
Sunday night I saw Oscar Wilde’s “An Ideal Husband” at the Shakespeare Theatre Company. You really can’t go wrong with the high production value and talented actors of the Shakespeare Theater and the wonderful words and plots of Oscar Wilde. This was a very good production, well acted and beautifully staged. For those not familiar … Continue reading
Anything Goes – Musical Revival
I will admit that when I heard of this revival I wasn’t particularly interested. Here’s another old time-y revival, woo-hoo. Then I heard Sutton foster was going to be in the show; okay, she’s a bit of a Broadway darling right now and I have yet to see her perform. Reconsidering. Then I heard that Joel … Continue reading
