So it’s Tony night again, which marks the end of Awards Season here. What used to be a the Superbowl of Broadway has devolved into a 3-hour commercial for whatever the Tony Committee wants to promote any particular season, and for this season, it’s not much. Pop superstar Pink, whose sole connection to Broadway is … Read more
My first exposure to the Women’s Suffragette Movement (sorry, Suffragists, the former term was coined by men to belittle their female efforts) was Glynis Johns as Mrs. Banks in Mary Poppins, the first movie my mother ever took me to in the theatres. Of course all I remember from that viewing was the glorious Julie … Read more
I remember every little thing as if it happened only yesterday… It was a gentle autumn afternoon early in my senior year at Bishop Walsh High in Cumberland, Maryland, and, as newly elected senior class president, I was on some student council business with treasurer and good friend Karen Irwin. After we finished all our … Read more
I have never rushed out a review so fast, but this is so time sensitive and so good that I had to get word out to my readers and my theatre community as soon as possible. I will cut to the chase and give my reasons after so you can buy tickets right away. The … Read more
For those of us who are exhausted by the constant bombardment of national, international, and global events of today’s oppressive newsfeed, step into the world of Kimberly Akimbo, David Lindsay-Abaire & Jeanine Tesori’s Tony-winning musical time capsule from the quieter, gentler, 1990s. On the surface, even with an impressive sweep of major Tony wins (2023’s … Read more