Tag Archives: Off Broadway

Anderson Twins’ “SUMMIT” Celebrates Luminaries of the American Songbook

Posted on August 18, 2018 by The People's Critic

[Click any photo to enlarge] For the ever-growing Big Apple fan base of the musically gifted young Anderson Twins (Peter & Will), it will come as no surprise that they are now in the midst of another New York triumph … Continue reading →

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‘Greater Tuna’ Rendition Takes a Tumble at Crighton

Posted on April 5, 2017 by The People's Critic

Many years ago in New York I reviewed the opening night of a new musical titled, “The Devil of Delancey Street. I opened my report with these lines: Richard Nixon famously remarked, “I am not a crook!” Let me paraphrase … Continue reading →

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Frothy Fun from Off-Broadway’s MARVELOUS WONDERETTES

Posted on June 12, 2016 by The People's Critic

When Christina Bianco (Missy), Diana Degarmo (Suzy), Jenna Leigh Green (Cindy Lou), and Sally Schwab (Betty Jean) come bouncing onto the stage of Off-Broadway’s intimate 100-seat Kirk Theatre at 42nd Street’s Theatre Row, their infectious and joyful energy quickly lights … Continue reading →

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Twin Pleasures for Jazz Greats Basie & Ellington

Posted on December 17, 2015 by The People's Critic

For those of us fortunate enough to have become familiar with the brilliant musical talents of the Anderson Twins (via their previous successes with Le Jazz Hot and Those Fabulous Dorseys at New York’s 59E59 Theaters), the new delights of … Continue reading →

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Cheerful ALICE is a Mixed Bag at Texas Rep

Posted on October 29, 2015 by The People's Critic

I always enjoy it when my trips to Texas coincide with scheduled productions of the Texas Repertory Theatre. The company’s current cheerful offering of Joan Micklin Silver & Julianne Boyd’s 1983 musical revue, A, MY NAME IS ALICE, while not … Continue reading →

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KINKY BOOTS Are Kickin’ in Houston

Posted on February 13, 2015 by The People's Critic

It is a bit of a fairy tale in its own right, and that may be the source of the joy that now spreads across the theatrical world leaving smiles on the faces of everyone it touches. I refer, of … Continue reading →

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A Jazz Age Returns with CAFÉ SOCIETY SWING

Posted on December 22, 2014 by The People's Critic

New York’s legendary Café Society nightclub debuted in the Greenwich Village of the late 1930’s. For many years that followed it would be the Mecca for many African American jazz greats who would pass into legend themselves. Club founder, Barney … Continue reading →

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A Royal “Affair” With Anger Management Through Song

Posted on June 18, 2014 by The People's Critic

The terrorism of the British tabloids is well remembered from such events as the abdication of King Edward VIII (in favor of his marriage to American socialite, Wallis Simpson), or the divorce of Prince Charles and Lady Diana (and the … Continue reading →

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“LE JAZZ” is Oh-So-Hot at 59E59 Theaters

Posted on December 17, 2013 by The People's Critic

 For those of us fortunate enough to have seen 2012’s The Anderson Twins Play the Fabulous Dorseys*, it would come as no surprise that the lads’ latest offering at Manhattan’s trendy 59E59 Theaters would be packed with dazzling musicianship. For … Continue reading →

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AN ANNIVERSARY CONSPIRACY FOR JFK

Posted on November 22, 2013 by The People's Critic

NEW YORK 11-22-13 On this date, just exactly 50 years ago, I was a student at The University of Texas in Austin and preparing to join several friends that very afternoon for a little trip out to Austin Airport where … Continue reading →

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