The 2014-2015 Broadway season is upon us. Sadly the first show to open (Holler If Ya Hear Me) was also the season’s first casualty. But fear not theatre fans: I have a compiled a comprehensive guide to this Fall’s shows on the Great White Way. So whether you see a Broadway show once a year,…
Usually when I revisit a show, I begin to find flaws. It happens every time. Nearly every show feels perfect the first time around, but when you watch it again, you're paying more attention to the details, good and bad. The first time I watched Once the musical, I was putty in their Irish hands.…
When Kenneth Lonergan's slacker drama first appeared in New York in 1996, it was deemed a revelation. A true eye-opener into the world of early twenty-somethings in a much grittier New York City than we know today. A strange and fascinating thing has happened with the Steppenwolf revival currently playing the Cort Theatre: the play…
“They got a n**ga shedding tears/ reminiscin’ on my past fears/Cause shit was hectic for me last year”. And so marks the beginning of the 2014-2015 Broadway season. As opening lyrics go, it’s about as far from “The hills are alive, with the sound of music” as one can go. And that is precisely what…
