broadwayworld.com
Silly stories like this work better on stage, where the particulars of the real world aren’t around to underscore implausibility. It’s quite a setup: 20-year-old bride-to-be Sophie has never known a father, but by the time the prologue is over, she has already swiped her mom’s diary, identified three old flames as the could-be dad, invited each of them to a remote Greek island for her upcoming wedding, and concocted an elaborate rouse to keep all of this from her betrothed, her mother, the men, and her mom’s two best friends. The objective: lay eyes on each potential pop for a “vibes check” in hopes of finally IDing her dad.
11 months ago
broadwayworld.com
Jagged Little Pill is a show with too many characters, too many concerns, and too tidy a conclusion (complete with a sitcom-ish group laugh at the end). Its heart is in the right place and its message well received, but it relies on an extraordinary confluence of extreme circumstances.
over 1 year ago
broadwayworld.com
I can’t recall seeing a single show on the national touring circuit with costumes, lighting, and scenic design as sumptuous as those in Moulin Rouge!. Yes, the show is scaled down from its eye-popping, Tony-winning 2019 Broadway production (still running in New York), but as touring productions go, this one’s exceptionally pleasing to the eye...
almost 2 years ago
broadwayworld.com
Mounting a non-union production of a story about unfair working conditions and class disparity in New Deal-era America takes some gall. Watching such a production on the heels of a record-breaking WGA strike and in the midst of an ongoing SAG-AFTRA one only adds to the irony. But setting aside the ethics of it all, the ANNIE on stage in Orlando transcends any low expectations one might reserve for a non-Equity, not-from-Broadway tour...
about 2 years ago
broadwayworld.com
WICKED is a wily piece of pop. It turns 20 this year, but you'd never know that sitting in Dr. Phillips Center for the show's third tour stop in Orlando. Its shrewd indictment of society's worst instincts and most seductive assumptions still tear through a room like a twister...
almost 3 years ago
broadwayworld.com
An evening with ‘Weird Al’ on stage is always a blend of concert, comedy, and
community. The Unfortunate Return of the Ridiculously Self-Indulgent,
Ill-Advised Vanity Tour feels like an opportunity to give back — letting Al show
us everything else he can do while indulging our own inner geeks at the…
about 3 years ago
broadwayworld.com
What did our critic think of JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR at Dr. Phillips Center? The show remains fundamentally a relic of the precise moment in time that Short summed up so well, when the convergence of counterculture and rock & roll meant that an irreverent but ultimately thin concept like this one — “the Bible but make it a concert” — seemed utterly avant-garde...
over 3 years ago
broadwayworld.com
On the cusp of her Thursday, June 9th AFI Lifetime Achievement Award, we talk
with Julie Andrews for an update on The Princess Diaries 3, her next installment
in her series of memoirs, and the upcoming Minions movie.
over 3 years ago
broadwayworld.com
Director Roberta Emerson has devised an intriguing way to approach the story’s
outer framework without altering the libretto. The story opens not with an
unseen narrator recounting the enchantress’s spell on a prideful prince and his
servants but instead with a young Black girl (played sweetly by Ga…
over 3 years ago
broadwayworld.com
The biggest draw to an evening with Alan Cumming may be just that: it’s an evening with Alan Cumming, a playful and energetic personality you like right away. His easy wit and effortless charm create an atmosphere that feels distinctly personal and intimate, even a thousand miles south of Club Cumming...
over 3 years ago
broadwayworld.com
Now I would never wish harm on cats, of course. It’s just that they ought not
wish it on me either. But as I sat there bored nearly to felicide Tuesday night
and praying for a cat-pocalypse on stage, I couldn’t help but wonder why there’s
not a PETA for theatregoers - and if there were whether they’…
over 3 years ago
broadwayworld.com
Frankie Valli introduced his ninth song at Dr. Phillips Center on Sunday night as one of his all-time favorites: a 1964 B-side called 'Silence Is Golden.' He might have taken the title a little too much to heart. It's a golden oldie for sure, and Valli sounded great... impossibly great for an 87-year-old on a live concert stage...
over 3 years ago
broadwayworld.com
It’s not every day that Audra McDonald stands twenty feet in front of you and says, ‘Tonight, we are all a part of history.’ Then again, it’s not every day that music history gets made in Orlando - real-deal, textbook-worthy history - so when it does happen, I reckon Audra McDonald is as eager to be a part of it as anyone else...
almost 4 years ago
broadwayworld.com
Read our full review of Cirque Du Soleil's New DRAWN TO LIFE show. DRAWN TO LIFE's stagecraft and special effects are second to none. People and objects move about the stage - and through the air - in ways they shouldn't be able to....
about 4 years ago
broadwayworld.com
Spot-on casting is nothing out of the ordinary at Theater West End, nor are tasteful set direction or an overall atmosphere of well-themed festivity. But for all the production's successes, Dennis T. Giacino's musical, as written, never fully realizes its potential...
over 4 years ago
broadwayworld.com
Louise’s long monologues between Patsy’s numbers aren’t nearly as timeless, but then her ability to talk about a single celebrity sighting for two whole hours is something I find both deeply and embarrassingly relatable...
over 4 years ago
broadwayworld.com
a?oeThat's the worst thing I've ever seen,a?? said an elderly woman on her way out the door. a?oeI couldn't have said it better myself!a?? her friend agreed. Far be it for me to differ a?' they probably saw Ben-Hur in theatres while I still didn't know who was going to win the chariot race a?' but I loved it.
over 5 years ago
broadwayworld.com
It's revitalized. It's funny (with new jokes). It's Facebook - er, Instagram. It's Mean Girls meets 2020. Fey's stage book is so thoughtfully transliterated from its early-aughts source, it's the familiar lines that earn the smallest laughs (except from those who've never seen the movie... shout-out to the couple who nearly died when they heard 'too gay to function,' clearly for the first time).
almost 6 years ago
broadwayworld.com
Why? Every time I answer that, I start to feel like the Genie in a?oePrince Alia?? when he's counting all those elephants, peacocks, and camels. There are a lot of problems here. Maybe not fifty-three or seventy-five or however many Persian monkeys he has, but I can definitely point to at least five things that keep this stage version one jump behind its cinematic counterpart.
almost 6 years ago
broadwayworld.com
...but it's the humanity underpinning the comedy that really surprised me. The a?oestudentsa?? are so earnest in their efforts. It's their Muppet-ish instinct to make the best of a bad mistake under a spotlight that makes the show so relatable. Aren't we all just trying to do our best as the set pieces of our lives malfunction all around us? Read BWW's critic's review!
almost 6 years ago
broadwayworld.com
This show is essentially what it was on Broadway: a gorgeous staging that marries stunning stagecraft with complex and rewarding material. But with so many of the cast members, the singing isn't where it ought to be...
over 6 years ago
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