AMERICAN BUFFALO by David Mamet Directed by Neil Pepe Starring Laurence Fishburne, Sam Rockwell and Darren Criss Circle in the Square Theatre Official Website Reviewed by David Spencer It is a wonder why some things endure, yet American Buffalo, David Mamet‘s odd-duck early play (circa early 70s) about three small-time criminals still possesses all its darkly …
A STRANGE LOOP Book, Music and Lyrics by Michael R. Jackson Directed by Stephen Brackett Official Website Reviewed by David Spencer A Strange Loop is an odd bird. It’s actually not remotely the first self-referential musical in which the writer—in this case, composer-lyricist-librettist Michael R. Jackson—determines to tell his own autobiographical tale about being a musical …
POTUS by Selina Fillinger Directed by Susan Stroman Sam S. Shubert Theatre Official Website Reviewed by David Spencer I’ve long since come to the conclusion that there are times when being a critic means being a chronicler of the experience rather than a deconstructive analyst. It’s all well and good to expound upon why a …
FUNNY GIRL Music by Jule Styne Lyrics by Bob Merrill Book by Isobel Lennart Revised Book by Harvey Weinstein August Wilson Theatre Official Website Reviewed by David Spencer I don’t think it serves the matter spending too much time on Funny Girl. What you’ve heard as a consensus (if you’ve been listening) is largely true: Beanie …
