Tuesday, August 22, 2023

Ohio Light Opera Still Going Strong

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By Harry Forbes For the first time in four years, Ohio Light Opera has returned for a full indoor season of shows (though one shy of the u...
Friday, June 30, 2023

Days of Wine and Roses (Atlantic Theater Company)

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By Harry Forbes I recently watched the 1958 “Playhouse 90” television version of JP Miller's “Days of Wine and Roses” to have a frame of...
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Tuesday, May 9, 2023

Sugar (J2 Spotlight)

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By Harry Forbes It was a brilliant programming decision, to be sure: reviving “Sugar,” the 1972 adaptation of Billy Wilder’s 1959 “Some Like...
Friday, May 5, 2023

Iolanthe (or The Peer and the Peri) (MasterVoices)

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By Harry Forbes It’s only May, but I’m betting dollars to donuts that this starry production of Gilbert and Sullivan’s seventh comic opera w...
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Tuesday, May 2, 2023

Cyrano de Bergerac (Victor Herbert Renaissance Project Live!)

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By Harry Forbes “You’re about to see a flop,” VHRP Artistic Director Alyce Mott impishly teased the packed house a few moments before the cu...
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...