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Category: Further On (Up the Road)

2018-2019 Theatre: Musicals

On June 13, 2019June 26, 2019 By Steven StraussIn Further On (Up the Road), Look Over Yonder See Them OFF-BROADWAY LightsLeave a comment

Let’s get this party started!

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WTF Power Rankings

On August 25, 2018September 5, 2018 By Steven StraussIn Further On (Up the Road)Leave a comment

My favorite theatrical experiences leave me with the exhilarating rush of wonder that accompanies a brain wrapping itself around a trailblazing piece of art, a feeling that can actually be summed up in the Williamstown Theatre Festival’s preferred acronym’d nomenclature.

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Dangerous House (WTF)

On August 24, 2018September 5, 2018 By Steven StraussIn Further On (Up the Road)Leave a comment

ONE of the many subjects explored in Dangerous House — rising star Jen Silverman’s new play, marking her return to the Williamstown Theatre Festival after last summer’s superior two-hander The Roommate — could serve as a potent enzyme to catalyze a compelling drama.

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Vanya and Hunter and Mosher and Dick

On August 18, 2018September 5, 2018 By Steven StraussIn Further On (Up the Road), Look Over Yonder See Them OFF-BROADWAY LightsLeave a comment

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‘The Closet’ of Ignorance

On July 11, 2018July 12, 2018 By Steven StraussIn Further On (Up the Road)Leave a comment

Comedy might be the hardest genre to review.

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A Royal Family in Search of Broadway Majesty

On July 10, 2018July 12, 2018 By Steven StraussIn Further On (Up the Road)Leave a comment

I want to see Kathleen Marshall’s The Royal Family of Broadway.

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He Is What He Is

On June 27, 2018June 30, 2018 By Steven StraussIn Further On (Up the Road)Leave a comment

In his bio for his new musical Half Time, choreographer-cum-director extraordinaire Jerry Mitchell particularly highlights his two past pieces of Tony Award-winning work: the most recent Broadway revival of La Cage Aux Folles, and the runaway hit Kinky Boots.

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The Writing and the Screen

On June 26, 2018June 29, 2018 By Steven StraussIn Further On (Up the Road)Leave a comment

In the second act of  Half Time, Donna McKechnie delivers what’s basically a modern-day version of her Tony Award-winning solo performance of “The Music and the Mirror”, right on down to the mirrors serving as her backdrop.

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Pros, Cons, and the Art of the Show

On April 24, 2018April 27, 2018 By Steven StraussIn Further On (Up the Road)Leave a comment

It’s considered a faux pas in critical circles to suggest how a show could improve.

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Super Superior Supertitles

On April 23, 2018April 27, 2018 By Steven StraussIn Further On (Up the Road), London Calling, Look Over Yonder See Them OFF-BROADWAY LightsLeave a comment

Click here to read my thoughts on why more English-language productions should incorporate supertitles in their set designs. 

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