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New
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New York City
critic David Spencer reviews:
What
comebacks are all about ...
Liza's at the Palace
Directed and Choreographed by Ron Lewis
Musical Direction by Billy Stritch
Palace Theatre
What franchise musicals are all about ...
Shrek: The Musical
Book and Lyrics by David Lindsay-Abaire
Music by Jeanine Tessori
Directed by Jason Moore
Starring Brian D'Arcy James, Sutton Foster,
Daniel Breaker, Christopher Sieber
Broadway Theatre
What stage thriller's aren't about ...
Mindgame
by Anthony Horowitz
Directed by Ken Russell
Starring Keith Carradine
Soho Theatre
and in brief:
The Black Monk
Book, Music and Lyrics by Wendy Kesselman
Theatre Row Complex
&
Back Back Back
by Itmar Moses
Manhattan Theatre Club Stage II
New York City
critic Richard Gleaves reviews:
What a perennial ought to
be about ...
Irving Berlin's White Christmas
Music by Irving Berlin
Book by David Ives and Paul Blake
Directed by Walter Bobbie
Marquis Theater
San Francisco critic Judy Richter
reviews:
One Hell of a card
player ...
The Seafarer
by Conor McPherson
Directed by Jasson Minadakis
Presented by Marin Theatre Company
Boyer Theatre
An epic story with a teeny cast ...
Around the World in 80 Days
Adapted by Mark Brown
from Jules Verne's novel
Presented by San Jose Repertory Theatre
Directed by Michael Butler
San Jose Repertory Theatre
and
A GrooveLily musical ... sort of ...
Long Story Short
by Brendan Milburn & Valerie Vigoda,
based on "An Infinite Ache" by David Schulner
Directed by Tracy Brigden
Lucie Stern Theatre
Finally:
Florida critic Marie J. Kilker
reviews:
A
quartet is only as good as its weakest member ...
Opus
by Michael Hollinger
Directed by Richard Hopkins
Florida Studio Theatre’s Keating Mainstage
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