Past reviews, recommendations, profiles, and posts about arts and culture in New York City.
Traditional New York parents Alex and her husband, Greg, suffer the process of applying to private preschools for their precocious four-year-old, Jake. Complicating the already stressful situation, Jake loves Cinderella and playing dress-up.
Starring Nathan Lane, The Nance follows 1930’s burlesque actor Chauncey Miles and his fellow performers. This production won three 2013 Tony Awards: Best Scenic Design of a Play, Best Costume Design of a Play, and Best Sound Design of a Play.
A stage version of the 1992 Disney movie Newsies about the 1899 strike by New York’s newsboys. It won the 2012 Tony Awards for Best Score and Best Choreography.
A hilarious, raunchy, yet traditional in form, musical from Matt Stone and Trey Parker (the creators of South Park) and Robert Lopez (a Tony Award winner for Avenue Q).
This wildly popular musical tells the story of Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons. Accordingly it features many well know songs such as “Sherry,” “Big Girls Don’t Cry,” “Can’t Take My Eyes Off You,” and “Oh, What a Night”. It won the 2006 Tony Award for Best Musical. LOCATION August Wilson Theatre245 West[…]
Avenue Q was the queen of all dark horses when it snatched the “Best Musical,” “Best Book,” and “Best Original Score” Tony Awards from Wicked, the front runner that year (2004). Avenue Q, a sassy, low-budget, profane musical comedy with puppets and live actors, is best described as a real-world,[…]
Originally from the UK, but filling seats in the Orpheum Theater since 1994, STOMP has become a staple of New York City’s theatrical tourist attractions. Using everyday objects as musical instruments, STOMP is a crossover between post-modern Vaudeville and physical theater: from trash cans and basketballs, to Zippo lighters and matchboxes,[…]
Silly musical featuring the music of Swedish pop sensation ABBA. LOCATION Broadhurst Theatre235 West 44th StreetNew York City[google-map-v3 width=”250″ height=”250″ zoom=”13″ maptype=”roadmap” mapalign=”left” directionhint=”false” language=”default” poweredby=”false” maptypecontrol=”true” pancontrol=”true” zoomcontrol=”true” scalecontrol=”true” streetviewcontrol=”true” scrollwheelcontrol=”false” draggable=”true” tiltfourtyfive=”false” addmarkermashupbubble=”false” addmarkermashupbubble=”false” addmarkerlist=”235 West 44th Street New York City{}1-default.png” bubbleautopan=”true” showbike=”false” showtraffic=”false” showpanoramio=”false”] RUNNING TIME 2[…]
The live stage version of Disney’s cartoon movie The Lion King. This production opened in New York City in 1997. TICKETS $89 – $279 (click for tickets) DATES Open run LOCATION Minskoff Theatre200 West 45th StreetNew York City[google-map-v3 width=”250″ height=”250″ zoom=”12″ maptype=”roadmap” mapalign=”left” directionhint=”false” language=”default” poweredby=”false” maptypecontrol=”true” pancontrol=”true” zoomcontrol=”true” scalecontrol=”true” streetviewcontrol=”true”[…]
Chicago is a musical set in 1920s Chicago. Apropos of the time, it has a jazzy score and features the Broadway anthem “All That Jazz.” The current New York production opened in 1996 and is actually a revival of the original 1975 production. The revival won six Tony Awards in[…]