Wednesday, April 26, 2023

Camelot (Lincoln Center Theater)

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By Harry Forbes Director Bartlett Sher's winning streak of lavish musical revivals at the Vivian Beaumont has hit something of a bump wi...
Wednesday, April 5, 2023

The Harder They Come (The Public Theater)

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By Harry Forbes The 1972 Perry Henzell Jamaican film starring Jimmy Cliff was an international hit and spawned an influential soundtrack alb...
Monday, April 3, 2023

The Coast Starlight (Lincoln Center Theater)

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By Harry Forbes How many films and plays have we seen wherein a motley set of characters interact aboard a ship, a plane, or a train? But Ke...
Friday, March 31, 2023

Bad Cinderella (Imperial Theatre)

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By Harry Forbes Andrew Lloyd Webber has already had a crack at another iconic children's tale, “The Wizard of Oz,” though it was only a ...
Tuesday, March 28, 2023

Parade (Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre)

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By Harry Forbes This is the superbly mounted revival of the 1998 Jason Robert Brown (music and lyrics)/Alfred Uhry (book) musical about the ...
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Wednesday, March 22, 2023

A Doll’s House (Hudson Theatre)

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By Harry Forbes A production of Henrik Ibsen’s classic devoid of scenery, period costumes, and props hardly seems a prospect to set the hear...
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Tuesday, March 7, 2023

Becomes a Woman (Mint Theater Company)

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By Harry Forbes Broadway musical buffs may recollect Betty Smith’s name on the cover of the cast album as co-librettist of the 1951 musical,...