We complain about politicians, government corruption and collusion and applaud when the offenders are caught and penalized. The Red Bull Theater’s production of The Government Inspector gives us a humorous behind-the-scenes view. Written by Nikolai Gogol in the 1830’s and adapted by playwright Jeffrey Hatcher, the comedy focuses on a small Russian village led by […]
Woody Sez
Woody Guthrie’s song “This Land is Your Land,” has become as much of an American national anthem as “The Star-Spangled Banner,” yet upon watching Woody Sez, the rousing two-hour musical at the Irish Repertory Theatre, the audience realizes that the song was intended to reflect more than patriotism. Guthrie’s music represented the downtrodden and working […]
Hello, Dolly!
Billy Joel? Rolling Stones? Metallica? It felt like a typical rock concert with the audience up on its feet cheering wildly. The only thing missing was cigarette lighters and cell-phone lights waving in the darkness. But this was no rock concert. This was, in fact, Bette Midler as Dolly Levi in the much-touted revival of […]
Amelie
How do you translate sugary sweetness from screen to the Broadway stage? Sometimes you just can’t. Such is the case with the movie Amelie, the 2001 French romantic comedy starring the winsome Audrey Tautou, and the new musical adaptation, Amelie, that has just arrived on the Broadway stage starring the lovely Phillipa Soo. The only […]
Hedwig and the Angry Inch
From Dougie to Barney to Hedwig, the multi-talented Neil Patrick Harris continues to delight audiences. Followers of the long running television series How I Met Your Mother mourned the end of the show featuring super-womanizer Barney Stimson. Fortunately, Harris has lost no time in returning to his fans and is now starring as Hedwig. Transgender […]
La Bete
For the first 30 minutes of David Hirson’s La Bete, Valere (Mark Rylance) delivers an hysterical monologue in rhymed couplets. Although not alone, Rylance, playing a braggart, boorish actor-playwright prattles on and on, much to the dismay of the other two men in the room. For Valere, they are merely his audience. Valere has been […]
Standing Room Only 