The Encores! transfer of Into the Woods opened at the St. James Theater to absolute rave reviews. The simplicity of the staging allows for the hilarious and heartbreaking performances from this star-studded cast to shine and Sondheim's wonderful score to soar. The critics are in full agreement on this one; you'd be a fool to miss this mounting of Woods.
The reviews are in for Pippin, the final show to open on Broadway this season -- though the story for the show is as thin as the set's tent poles, the lavish acrobatic spectacle and over-the-top performances have hardily won over the reviewers. Fosse's choreography may have been the starting point, but it's the combination of…
Ellen Barkin (The Normal Heart) Desmin Borges (The Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity) Halley Feiffer (The House of Blue Leaves) Grace Gummer (Arcadia) Rose Hemingway (How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying) John Larroquette (How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying) Heather Lind (The Merchant of Venice) Patina Miller (Sister Act) Arian Moayed…
NEW YORK TIMES REVIEW: "When the wimples start quivering, the pinched mouths break into sunbeam smiles, and the nuns start rocking to raise the Gothic rafters, all’s right in the kingdom of musical comedy at “Sister Act.” Who could resist the vision of a stage full of saintly sisters flaring their gams in unison like…
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