Wednesday, November 27, 2019

Let ‘Em Eat Cake (MasterVoices)

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By Harry Forbes Artistic Director Ted Sperling conducted a splendid concert reading of George and Ira Gershwin’s Pulitzer Prize-w...
Monday, November 25, 2019

The Debutante (Victor Herbert Renaissance Project Live!)

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By Harry Forbes When Victor Herbert’s musical comedy premiered in New York in 1914, it had the misfortune to occur the night before ...
Tuesday, November 19, 2019

Tina: The Tina Turner Musical (Lunt-Fontanne Theatre)

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By Harry Forbes On the pop singer jukebox musical bio scorecard, the latest -- an import from London -- rates remarkably high. With ...
Friday, November 15, 2019

Richard III (White Light Festival/DruidShakespeare)

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By Harry Forbes After enduring so many well-intentioned local productions that flatten Shakespeare’s language and alter the Bard’s m...
Tuesday, November 12, 2019

Soft Power (The Public Theater)

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By Harry Forbes Conceived as a sort of reverse spin on “The King and I,” “Soft Power” is a modern-day East meets West story, but thi...
Monday, November 11, 2019

Cyrano (The New Group)

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By Harry Forbes This isn’t the first time someone has musicalized Edmund Rostand’s enduring tragicomedy, and it surely won’t be the ...
Tuesday, November 5, 2019

Macbeth (Classic Stage Company)

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By Harry Forbes John Doyle’s pocket-sized production of Shakespeare’s shortest tragedy has the virtue of welcome brevity, if not gr...