General Ramblings

Random and Highly Opinionated Thoughts on the 2018 Tony Awards

I make no claim to completeness or even to coherence. But here goes…

This accomplished, moving production puts the audience’s imagination to work.

Mack, who opened the season creating a new role, is now back in an iconic one.

In Red Orchid’s dazzlingly odd production, the great Sam Shepard lives on.

This multimedia work will stay with you long after the final image fades.

On Broadway and in the larger sphere of American popular song, Cook is the gold standard.

An improbably delightful adaptation of the grimmest of all English-language dramas.

In an often-dazzling parade of comic shtick, the sentimental side of Neil Simon tends to disappear.

This uplifting, inclusive little show has its heart in the right place, and also wears it on its sleeve.

Opera Philadelphia’s scores points with its highly entertaining, visually spectacular production