1776 – Reviews
1776 – Reviews 1776 the musical back on Broadway at the Roundabout Theatre Company September 16, 2022—January 8, 2023 1776 is a musical with music and lyrics by Sherman Edwards and a book by Peter Stone. The show is based on the events leading up to the signing of the Declaration of Independence, telling a story of the efforts of John Adams to…
Leopoldstadt – Reviews
Leopoldstadt – Reviews Leopoldstadt is a play by Sir Tom Stoppard, originally directed by Patrick Marber, which premiered on 25 January 2020 at Wyndham’s Theatre in London’s West End. The play is set among the Jewish community of Vienna in the first half of the 20th century and follows the lives of “a prosperous Jewish family who had fled the pogroms in the East”….
Death of a Salesman – Reviews
Death of a Salesman – Reviews Death of a Salesman is a 1949 stage play written by American playwright Arthur Miller. The play premiered on Broadway in February 1949, running for 742 performances. It is a two-act tragedy set in 1940s New York told through a montage of memories, dreams, and arguments of the protagonist Willy Loman, a travelling…
West Side Story – Reviews
West Side Story West Side Story is a musical with book by Arthur Laurents, music by Leonard Bernstein and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim. It was inspired by William Shakespeare’s play Romeo and Juliet. As in Romeo and Juliet, the love between members of two rival groups in West Side Story leads to violent confrontations…
Hadestown – Reviews
Hadestown – Broadway Reviews HADESTOWN is the acclaimed new musical by celebrated singer-songwriter Anaïs Mitchell and visionary director Rachel Chavkin (Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812) that reimagines a sweeping ancient tale as a timeless allegory for our world. HADESTOWN follows two intertwining love stories — that of young dreamers Orpheus…
Ain’t Too Proud – Reviews
Ain’t Too Proud Reviews Opening Night 21 March 2019 The Life and Times of The Temptations A New musical Ain’t too Proud with music and lyrics by The Temptations and a book by Dominique Morisseau. Based on the story of The Temptations, the musical had a series of regional productions and now playing on Broadway….
Come From Away
Come From Away – Now Playing by Irene Sankoff and David Hein Come from Away is a musical with book, music, and lyrics by Irene Sankoff and David Hein. It is set in the town of Gander, Newfoundland in the week following the September 11 attacks, when 38 planes had to unexpectedly land in the…
Dear Evan Hansen
All his life Evan Hansen has felt invisible. To his peers, to the girl he loves, sometimes even to his own mother. But that was before he wrote the letter – that led to the incident- that started the lie – that ignited a movement – that inspired a community – and changed Evan’s status…
Hamilton
Krystal Joy Brown – Miguel Cervantes – Euan Morton – Hamilton is a musical with music, lyrics, and book by Lin-Manuel Miranda. It is inspired by the biography Alexander Hamilton, by Ron Chernow. The musical premiered Off-Broadway in February 2015, where its engagement was sold out.It has now transferred to Broadway It won the 2015…
Wicked
Wicked Wicked is a musical with music and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz and a book by Winnie Holzman. The story is loosely based on the novel Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West by Gregory Maguire, a parallel novel of the 1939 film of L. Frank Baum’s classic…