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New York critic David Spencer reviews:
... the ramifications of a new category
Ghost: The Musical
Book by Bruce Joel Rubin, based on his screenplay
Music by Dave Stewart and Glen Ballard
Lyrics by Rubin, Stewart & Ballard
Directed by Matthew Warchus
Lunt-Fontanne Theatre
Twice the snark, twice the glitz,
twice the missacents,
twice the cultural icons writ thin…
The Webber-Rice Revivals:
Evita
Directed by Michael Grandage
Starring Ricky Martin, Elena Roger and Michael Cerveris
Marquis Theatre
Jesus Christ Superstar
Directed by Des McAnuff
Neil Simon Theatre
Politics as usual ... as timely as ever ...
The Best Man
by Gore Vidal
Directed by Michael Wilson
Starring John Laroquette, Candace Bergen, Eric MaCormick,
James Earl Jones, Michael McKean, Angela Lansbury,
Kerry Butler and Jefferson Mays
Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre on 45th Street
And the end of April Part 1, in brief ...
One Man, Two Guvnors
by Richard Bean
Based on Carlo Goldoni's The Servant of Two Masters
Directed by Nicholas Hytner
Physical Comedy Directed by Cal McCrystal
Starring James Corden
Music Box Theatre
Magic/Bird
by Eric Simonson
Directed by Thomas Kail
Longacre Theatre on 48th Street
Tribes
by Nina Raines
Directed by David Cromer
Starring Mare Winningham
Barrow Street Theatre
4000 Miles
by Amy Herzog
Directed by Daniel Aukin
Starring Mary Louise Wilson
A Production of the Lincoln Center Theatre
at the Mitzi Newhouse in Lincoln Center
Now. Here. This.
Book by Hunter Bell and Susan Blackwell
Music and Lyrics by Jeff Bowen
Based on a collaboration by Hunter Bell, Michael Berresse,
Susan Blackwell, Heidi Blickenstaff, Jeff Bowen, and Larry Pressgrove
Musical Direction by Larry Pressgrove
Directed and Choreographed by Michael Berresse
Vineyard Theatre
Peter and the Starcatcher
by Rick Elise
Based on the novel by Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson
Directed by Roger Rees and Alex Timbers
Brooks Atkinson Theatre
Newsies
Book by Harvey Fierstein
Music by Alan Menken
Lyrics by Jack Feldman
Based on the Disney film
written by Bob Tzudiker and Noni White
Directed by Jeff Calhoun
Choreography by Christopher Gatelli
Nederlander Theatre
Clybourne Park
by Bruce Norris
Directed by Pam MacKinnon
Walter Kerr Theatre
The Lyons
by Nicky Silver
Directed by Mark Brokaw
Starring Linda Lavin and Dick Latessa
Cort Theatre
Florida critic Marie J. Kilker reviews:
The original singin' orphan; before
Annie dreamed of tomorrow, he wanted more…
Oliver!
Book,
Music & Lyrics by Lionel Bart
Based
on Charles Dickens‘ "Oliver Twist"
Directed
by Robert Ennis Turoff
Golden
Apple Dinner Theatre
Gender in a blender (well, as it were) ...
Cloud Nine
by
Caryl Churchill
Directed
by Greg Leaming
Florida
State University/Asolo Conservatory
FSU
Center for the Performing Arts' Cook Theatre
73 years ageless ...
Steps in Time: A Broadway Biography in Song and Dance
Written,
Choreographed, Directed by Tommy Tune
Musical Direction
by Michael Biagi
Featuring Tommy
Tune and The Manhattan Rhythm Kings
On Tour
San Francisco critic Judy Richter reviews:
Wondering what they're saying through that Scots burr ...
Any Given Day
by Linda McLean
Directed by Jon Tracy
Presented by & at Magic Theatre
The three essential topics:
Beans, bunnies and blondes ...
Of Mice and Men
by John Steinbeck
Directed by Robert Kelley
Presented by TheatreWorks
Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts
Philadelphia critic Claudia Perry reviews:
A playwright's play about being a playwright ...
Don't Talk to the Actors
Written and Directed by Tom Dudzick
Montgomery Theater
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