Forbes on Film & Footlights

By Harry Forbes On the face of it, one might think it rather too soon for a return of Eric Idle and John Du Pre’s musical version of the 197...

By Harry Forbes Like many today, I know this musical adaptation of Jerome Weidman’s 1937 novel primarily from the 1962 cast album which feat...

By Harry Forbes Once again, conductor/director Ted Sperling and his MasterVoices forces, have triumphed with a Sondheim work, after their wi...

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...

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...

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

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...