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Tony Awards 2017
You thought youâd get away with no Tony recap post this year, did you? Fat chance! And plus, Iâve belatedly decided to write about the shows I saw this year, too. I composed half of it and then decided to split up the posts. This oneâs just about the Tonys themselves. Yesterday I kept asking colleagues and friends if they had watched the Tonys. âOh I forgot about them!â âI never watch the Tonys.ââŠ
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Review: Sunset Boulevard
I've made a comeback -- I mean, return -- to theater blogging!
So I havenât had much interest in blogging lately. Clearly! As it turns out thereâs a (possibly fatal) flaw in having a theater blog: seeing a ton of shows and writing about them too (on top of job, social life, and an overwhelming number of ridiculous hobbies)⊠Well, it seems to burn me out. Since I have started this blog, Iâve lost interest in updating it after every Tony Awards. And for longerâŠ
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Tony Awards 2016
A recap of the Tonys is something of a Show Me Shows tradition, but itâs also a little dangerous. Truth is, Iâm not generally very critical about the Tonys. You could even call me a Tony cheerleader. So, fair warning: You may be up for several paragraphs of Julia squealing about how much she likes Broadway. The other thing, of course, is that it feels a little wrong to post merry Tony ramblingsâŠ
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Tony Nominations 2016
First of all: Happy Tony day, everyone! Iâll be watching the show from my friend Cherylâs house and playing Tony Bingo. (Aside: You wouldnât believe the Hamilton-related prize I have for the bingo winner. ) I had been planning to do a full post on a few of the plays and musicals nominated for a Tony. And here it is, Tony Sunday already, so Iâd better get something up before I run out of time! IâmâŠ
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Review: American Psycho
Have I lost my critical faculties? Do I just like everything now? I wondered, as I walked away from the Schoenfeld theater after seeing American Psycho on Broadway. Because the truth is that I had a great time, and found the new musical daring, dynamic, funny, and memorable. I felt a little embarrassed, because I wasnât totally sure that it was a good show. But then as my friend Christine said:âŠ
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Review: Shuffle Along
not one but TWO fabulous retro Playbills This might surprise you, but Iâve never really been a tap dance person. (And this coming from a swing dancer!) It wasnât necessarily in vogue when I fell in love with Broadway (the dominant shows at that time were, of course, Les Miserables, The Phantom of the Opera, Miss Saigon, etc.) and musicals that spoke to me most werenât likely to use tap muchâŠ
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Review: Waitress
Movies turned into Broadway musicals. We are in the midst of an onslaught, and thereâs no end in sight. I tend to roll my eyes whenever I hear of a new one. I mean, they can bring out the worst of Broadwayâs qualities, right? It can force a weird, hilarious, original piece of film into a standard Broadway template: âI Wantâ song followed by comic relief followed by conditional love song followedâŠ
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Review: YOUARENOWHERE
I tried to write about YOUARENOWHERE and mostly failed.
The playbill was the least satisfying thing about the show Hereâs what I knew about YOUARENOWHERE before I saw it: Team Maxamoo praised it to the heavens. (I knew they absolutely loved it, but I didnât actually listen to the episode in which they discussed it, so I didnât know why.) Itâs a one man show that involves a physics lecture somehow I love the Maxamoo folks, so I went ahead and bought aâŠ
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Review: The Rap Guide to Climate Chaos
Review: The Rap Guide to Climate Chaos
I doubt I would have had any interest in seeing The Rap Guide to Climate Chaos had it not been for Hamilton. As I said last year, I had never realized the dramatic possibilities of hip hop until seeing the Founding Fathers rap. So when I was offered press tickets (Hey, press tickets! A first for Show Me Shows!), I thought âHey, why not? I love theater rap! And free tickets!â The Rap Guide toâŠ
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Review: Blackbird
Thereâs a shocking contrast between the gorgeous interior of the Belasco and the scenery onstage. The recently-refurbished Belasco is dark and ornate, with lush stained glass lighting. Onstage, we see a harsh, cold office setting, with gray walls, fluorescent lighting and frosted windows. I took one look at the set for Blackbird and thought âUgh. A work play.â But thatâs ridiculous. Blackbird isâŠ
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Review: Allegiance
âI donât want to see this show,â I suddenly realized as the curtain went up at Allegiance. Iâd had a long and tumultuous day, and seeing (what I assumed would be) a heavy-but-ultimately-uplifting story about the Japanese internment camps of World War II sounded like a dreadful idea. This is not the way you want to feel at a Broadway show, and if any other critic admitted such a thing at theâŠ
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Review: A View From the Bridge
Review: A View From the Bridge
Fabulous Retro Playbill This may be a little briefer than usual. Iâm going for a no-frills review of a no-frills show. Director Ivo Van Hoveâs production of Arthur Millerâs A View From the Bridge, direct from Londonâs Young Vic, strips the play down to its essentials: actors walk around barefoot, in costumes that donât look particularly period-specific, without props, without furniture, in aâŠ
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Review: ThérÚse Raquin
ThérÚse Raquin was compelling, haunting, and overall a very entertaining evening:
Boy was I deflated when the usher at ThĂ©rĂšse Raquin told me the show was a solid 2 hours and 45 minutes with a 20 minute intermission. Say what? My first thought: Ugh, I wonât be getting home until midnight. My second thought: This is a very good excuse for buying myself and my friend Jessica drinks at intermission. If Iâm going to sit through a long, dark, heavy play, at least I could do it withâŠ
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Review: King Charles III
Review: King Charles III
Obviously I was going to buy a ticket for King Charles III. Londonâs 2015 Best Play winner? About the Royals? IN BLANK VERSE? Yes please! A show with stature! Playwright Mike Bartlett has written âa future history playâ about what could happen after the death of Queen Elizabeth. Prince Charles is now King Charles, and the plot hinges on his refusal to sign a law that has already been approved byâŠ
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Review: Spring Awakening
Back to blogging with a few thoughts on the new Spring Awakening.
Hello again after an unexpected summer off blogging and theater. There were several reasons why I didnât see much of anything since the Tonys, and why I didnât post about the few shows I did see. But who needs excuses? (OK, for those of you who do need excuses: I broke my foot, spent two months on crutches, and had to take cabs everywhere. I felt too poor and immobile to want to go see anyâŠ
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Tony Awards 2015
My thoughts on the 2015 Tonys:
Just like last year, I went to my friend Vanessaâs to watch the Tonys, dish on the nominees, and nosh on some lovely vegan food. And just like last year, Iâm writing up a few of my post-Tony musings for you. The Hosts Alan Cumming and Kristin Chenoweth were cheesy, they mugged too frequently, they worked some pretty lame jokes, and they were given lousy song and dance material. Kristin couldâŠ
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Best Musical Tony Nominees, 2015
Shall I get right into it, then? Here are my thoughts on the Best Musical Tony nominees of 2015.