Smash or Pass: CK & DF Review Smash on Broadway (for Parterre Box)
It’s not BOMBSHELL … It’s just a bomb.
Brilliantly in Tune: CK Reviews Stereophonic on Broadway
This tale of the trials and tribulations of making great music is brilliantly in tune.
Tommy, Can You Hear Me? CK Reviews The Who’s Tommy on Broadway
There is lots to hear and see in this Tommy, but little to feel.
Pianist Envy: CK Reviews Good Night, Oscar on Broadway (for Parterre Box)
Doug Wright’s new biographical dramadey, seems at once intimately familiar with and entirely alien to its subject.
They Trod a Path That Many Have Trod: DF & CK Review Sweeney Todd on Broadway
This is by any measure a triumphant show, evidence that Broadway can still be American theater’s gold standard.
Coast to Coast: DF Reviews The Wanderers and Pictures From Home (for Parterre Box)
Two plays — one considerably stronger than the other — aim to capture American Jewish experiences.
The Fuzzy End of the Lollipop: DF and CK review Some Like It Hot on Broadway (for Parterre Box)
That Some Like It Hot fizzles rather than sizzles is not only a disappointment, but also a bit of surprise.
Lehman’s Terms: DF Reviews The Lehman Trilogy on Broadway (for Parterre Box)
The Lehman Trilogy had me in its thrall from the start. That’s not to say I endorse it wholeheartedly, though.
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