Hollmann & Konitz’s Masterpiece Skewers Corporate Greed & Classism by Mary Lou Herlihy “Urinetown” just turned 25. My first time and I LOVED it! The 2001 Tony award winning musical displays incredible staying power. A greedy corporation’s exploitation of the poor is ripped right from today’s headlines Kudos to Director and Choreographer Isaiah Tyrelle…
Bill English Directs Outstanding Ensemble in Beloved Musical by Jenyth Jo From the height of her shellacked bouffant to the tips of her tapping toes, Ella Ruth Harris turns fat-shamed Tracy Turnblad into a Civil Rights trailblazer. Ahead of her time in 1962 Baltimore, Tracy fights for racial integration on the popular Corny Collins…
Ritesh Batra & the Lazours’ Dynamic Songs & Dances Celebrate Connection by Rachel Norby We are living in a loneliness epidemic. Despite cohabiting with others, or living in a crowded city, people can still feel desperately alone. Setting this musical in Mumbai, one of the most populated cities in the world, makes the affliction…
Fierstein & Herman’s 80’s Musical Soars with Hope & Joy by Jenyth Jo In 2017, reviewer Michael Billington rightly claimed, “No piece of theatre has done as much to encourage sexual tolerance” as “La Cage aux Folles.” Today, it appears our president wants to return to 1983, when conservatives criticized the gay love story….