The Wicked Stage
Aug 24, 2021
'Harmony': Pop Musik, 1935 Edition
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In 2014, L.A.'s Center Theatre Group hosted a run of the Barry Manilow/Bruce Sussman musical Harmony , a historical musical about th...
Jun 15, 2021
From the Review Files: Laurents Gets His Revenge on 'West Side Story'
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Karen Olivo and cast of the 2009 revival. (Photo by Joan Marcus) Is West Side Story really all that? I've always been much more smitten ...
Apr 1, 2021
The Passion of La Falconetti
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For a time around the turn of the aughts, I and the crew at Back Stage West did an annual "Actors We Love" issue. Over the years ...
Jul 8, 2020
The Moment 'Hamilton' Slips Off Track
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Cross-posted from Train My Ear . For a blessed few years I was among the New York Times 's freelance theater correspondents most li...
Jun 4, 2020
'A Good Stomping Band'
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The cast of Backbeat . (Photo by Craig Schwartz) Cross-posted on Train My Ear . Some years ago I was hired to write the program n...
May 28, 2020
Best Showtunes Evah
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Cross-posted from Train My Ear . Some years ago Adam Feldman at Time Out New York asked me to contribute some entries for a grand list of...
May 21, 2020
Sondheim vs. Weill's "Fruity" Sixths
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Cross-posted from Train My Ear . If you forced me to make a list of favorite composers, Kurt Weill would be at the top, Maurice Ravel ...
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