Broadway News and Reviews from REAL Theatergoers, Where every seat in the house gets heard
The last show of the ’12-’13 Broadway season, Pippin, opened on April 25, 2013. The buzz for this revival, helmed by Diane Paulus (Hair), and reinvented to live inside a big-top circus, has been strong, and the show was well-received across the board by the critics. The only hold-out from a rave was [...]
After a 33 year absence from Broadway, the Divine Miss M opened her new one woman show I’ll Eat You Last: A Chat with Sue Mengers on April 24, 2103. Starring Bette Midler with a script by John Logan (Red - 4.67 stars on TheaterAdvisor) and directed by Tony Award winner Joe Mantello (Wicked 4.68 stars on [...]
Great actress, intriguing script! This is what all the critics are saying about The Testament of Mary written by Colm Toibin and starring Fiona Shaw which opened on April 22, 2103 at the Walter Kerr Theatre. With a small throng of protestors outside the theatre, the play has been playing to spell-bound audiences. [...]
The much anticipated redux of Shakespeare’s Macbeth, starring Alan Cumming, opened on Broadway on April 21, 2013. The play has been re-conceived as a one man version of the play, set in an insane asylum, where Cumming plays every role himself. The virtuoso performance is unanimously raised by critics for its shear stamina alone, however some critics [...]
The new touring revival of Jekyll & Hyde officially opened on Broadway, April 18, 2013 and the critics still don’t like the show. But does that really matter with this brand and with the legions of ‘Jekies’ who love the music and flock to see the music stars Constantine Maroulis and Deborah Cox? We think [...]
After all the recent press about the rehearsal fireworks between Shia LeBeouf and Alec Baldwin, everyone has been wondering if those fireworks would transfer to the stage and from the looks of the reviews, the have. Aside from the NY Times review, which can often sink a production, the reaction to the production, written by [...]
TV/Broadway actress Anastasia Barzee made a stunning debut of her new cabaret show Barzee Sings Bacharach on April 18, 2013 and TheaterAdvisor was there. Using the Bacharach catalogue, Barzee explores the many ways we love; who we love, how we love, and why in the world do we keep doing it over and over [...]
The first Broadway revival of Clifford Odett’s The Big Knife, opened on April 16, 2013. The production, directed by Tony Award winner Doug Hughes (Doubt), stars Bobby Cannavale (The Motherf**ker with the Hat), Richard Kind (Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, The Producers) and Marin Ireland. It also boasts the talents of Broadway vets, Reg Rogers (A Free [...]
The Nance, the new play by Douglas Carter Beane, and starring Nathan Lane, opened last night on Broadway. The show is described as, “Douglas Carter Beane’s THE NANCE recreates the naughty, raucous world of burlesque’s heyday and tells the backstage story of Chauncey Miles and his fellow performers. At a time when it [...]
Send to Kindle Based on the beloved novel by best-selling author Roald Dahl, MATILDA is the story of an extraordinary girl who dreams of a better life. Winner of a record-breaking seven Olivier Awards from its West End production, including Best Musical, MATILDA THE MUSICAL is more than a show, it’s an international phenomenon. Based on the [...]
