Alien encounter
A spaceship crashed in Manhattan last night. You didn’t hear about it? I did. I was in the theatre that it hit. That’s the back story of the off-Broadway musical Voca People playing now at New World...
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What a wonderful coincidence that I would see the Broadway musical Kinky Boots on the same day that DOMA was overturned! Cindy Lauper’s show, which won six Tony awards including Best Musical, is all...
View ArticleOh, what a beautiful morning
I started my Sunday morning cleaning the apartment while watching Les Miserables on HBO. It was my third viewing. I obviously love the film, but I know there are many naysayers who poo-pooed the movie...
View ArticleI’m a Veronica
I bought a ticket to see Heathers: The Musical in late March. I finally got to use it tonight. Is it as dark as the movie? Definitely. Is it funnier than the movie? Definitely. Does its soundtrack...
View ArticleLottery deja vu
It’s hard to believe that it has been three and a half four years since I first saw The Book of Mormon in previews on Broadway. I was in the audience twice in the first two weeks (in case it...
View ArticleAll in the family
Turns out you can’t judge a musical by its poster. The only thing I knew about the Broadway show Fun Home before I saw it last night was a) the critics loved it and b) the Tony voters did, too. It...
View ArticleThe day the music died
American Idol is being canceled? I feel such strong emotions — or I’m trying to, anyway — so I must breakout into song, like any decent musical would: (My apologies to “American Pie.”) Denial, denial,...
View ArticleOne life too many
Cats is coming back to Broadway this summer. Even the article announcing the news wondered why. When the show originally opened, the Great White Way was struggling. Cats helped revive the musical and...
View ArticleSo filling
I saw the new musical Waitress on Wednesday. A lot has already been written about that particular performance, since they had to stop the show twice to deal with scenery malfunction…but no one was...
View ArticleNo debate
I love a Craig Ferguson show, and his new series on History Channel, Join or Die, is no exception. Craig along with three celebrities from various walks of life debate different topics and, with the...
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