My recap thus far of the 2018-2019 theatre season:
Category: Further On (Up the Road)
2018-2019 Theatre: Musicals
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WTF Power Rankings
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.
Dangerous House (WTF)
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.
Vanya and Hunter and Mosher and Dick
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‘The Closet’ of Ignorance
Comedy might be the hardest genre to review.
A Royal Family in Search of Broadway Majesty
I want to see Kathleen Marshall’s The Royal Family of Broadway.
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He Is What He Is
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.
The Writing and the Screen
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.
Pros, Cons, and the Art of the Show
It’s considered a faux pas in critical circles to suggest how a show could improve.
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