by Mark G. Auerbach If you like those biographical jukebox musicals, like Jersey Boys (Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons), and Beautiful (Carol King), you’re going to love A Beautiful Noise: The Neil Diamond Musical. The sold out crowd at The Bushnell on opening night went wildly enthusiastic, swaying, clapping, and singing along in places.…
(Sept. 24) — FUNNY GIRL, the sensational musical comedy revival, is coming to Proctors in Schenectady for a limited one-week engagement from Tuesday, April 1-Sunday, April 6. Tickets are on sale 10 a.m. Thursday, Sept. 26 through the Box Office at Proctors in-person, via phone at (518) 346-6204 Monday-Saturday 10 a.m.-6 p.m. or…
by Mark G. Auerbach Funny Girl’s in Hartford this week, and the long-awaited revival offers a huge star turn by up and coming Katerina McCrimmon, a gold standard score by Jule Styne and Bob Merrill, and some sizzling tap dancing. It’s a nice season finale to The Bushnell’s Broadway Series,…
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, August 2001 I see an awful lot of traditional, realistic, proscenium-bound theatre, so when the opportunity arises to see something that promises a change, I go for it. While And God Created Great Whales was performed in conventional, fourth-wall style, that was the only thing conventional about…
Reviewed by Gail M. Burns, June, 1999 I suppose, if the WTF is to continue its tradition as a leading interpreter of Tennessee Williams, that eventually they would have to do “Camino Real”. In fact this is not the first time they have dragged Williams’ incoherent 1953 flop on to…
