Welcome back to the final round of the 3rd Annual Marco Awards, this time for Excellence in Theatre. Looking at this year’s nominees we are getting a valuable lesson in the mindset of Broadway theatre. These awards arose two years ago as a comforting mechanism for all of us to deal with the way Covid … Read more
How much more can one say about a 42-year-old international hit musical based on a 160-year-old classic novel that hasn’t been said yet? Assuming there may be a few 4-year-olds remaining who haven’t yet heard of the global phenomenon, suffice it to say it is still simply brilliant. Maybe the most perfectly executed tour on … Read more
It’s a love song…it’s a sad song… it’s an old song. Today’s world of theatrical revivals is a challenge in how to find relevancy in works that are now 60-100 years old, which are being met with mixed success. When the question arises of how to update a piece that is 3000+ years old, the … Read more
Previouslypublished at Theatrebloom.com The Alan Jay Lerner/Frederick Loewe classic My Fair Lady rolled their second leg of the post-Covid national tour into the National Theatre in DC. Originally conceived for Lincoln Center under the masterful eye of Bartlett Sher, the most accomplished director in the business for breathing new air and contemporary relevancy into beloved … Read more
Welcome back to round two of the 3rd Annual Marco Awards. If you read last week’s blog, you’ve seen the big winners in the Movies category. (If not, go check them out here.) Sincere thanks to those of you who already let me know my recommendations have intrigued you enough to watch and enjoy some … Read more