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Theater Review (San Antonio): ‘The Addams Family’ at the Woodlawn
The Woodlawn's staging is first-rate, but the show could stand to be a lot creepier and kookier.
Read More »Theater Review (Broadway, NYC): ‘On the Town’ by Leonard Bernstein, Betty Comden and Adolph Green
It would be a shame for any lover of great entertainment who can get to New York City to miss a production that has everything Broadway musicals at their very best can be.
Read More »Theater Review (San Antonio): ‘Hairspray’ at the Cameo Theatre
The Tony Award-winning musical is performed by an enthusiastic cast in a sparkling revival at the Commerce Street showplace.
Read More »Theater Review (San Antonio): ‘Irving Berlin’s White Christmas’
The Woodlawn Theatre rings in the holidays right with a sparkling production of the beloved musical.
Read More »Music Review: Hip-Hop/Rock Musical ‘Venice’ (Original Cast Recording)
The original cast recording of the musical 'Venice' has a creative vitality that promises much for the future.
Read More »Theater Review (NYC Off-Broadway): Rodgers and Hammerstein’s ‘Allegro’ at Classic Stage Company
A new production of Rodgers and Hammerstein's 1947 Broadway flop suggests that Hammerstein's talent was not only innovative but even more forward-thinking than he himself and those around him might have realized.
Read More »Theater Review (San Antonio): ‘The Great American Trailer Park Musical’
The venerable musical comedy returns to San Antonio in an enthusiastic production at the Cameo Theatre.
Read More »Theater Review (Staten Island, NY): ‘West Side Story’ by Leonard Bernstein, Stephen Sondheim and Arthur Laurents at Harbor Lights Theater Company
With Broadway-class talent and Jerome Robbins's original choreography, this is a production to please newbies and old hands alike.
Read More »Book Review: ‘Bernstein Meets Broadway: Collaborative Art in a Time of War’ by Carol J. Oja
Just in time for the new Broadway revival of 'On the Town' comes a new book showing how the show, with music by Leonard Bernstein, was as groundbreaking socially and politically as it was artistically.
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