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Review by Elyse Trevers
After watching the spirited musical version of Roald Dahl’s Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, I began to wonder if author Roald Dahl actually liked children. As …
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5/16/17
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It doesn't matter if the ending of Daddy Longlegs, the new Off-Broadway musical at the Davenport Theatre, is inevitable; it only matters that it's entertaining. Based on the 1912 book by Jean …
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10/8/15
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America is a nation of immigrants. All ethnic groups and nationalities can trace their pathway and contributions to this country. At the Museum of Jewish Heritage, The National Yiddish Theater …
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8/3/17
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Woody Guthrie’s song “This Land is Your Land,” has become as much of an American national anthem as “The Star-Spangled Banner,” yet upon watching Woody Sez, …
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7/2/17
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Billy Joel? Rolling Stones? Metallica? It felt like a typical rock concert with the audience up on its feet cheering wildly. The only thing missing was cigarette lighters and cell-phone lights waving …
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5/9/17
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Widowhood is rarely treated as a comedic subject, yet for almost 80 minutes, the audience is laughing and smiling at Curvy Widow, the new musical at the Westside …
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8/4/17
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At the Bogata Events Center, in Atlantic City, on the last stop of the Transmogrify Tour 2017, master guitarist Carlos Santana reminded the sold-out audience, …
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8/24/17
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Sometimes it only takes two performers to send a powerful message.
Set some time in the future, Building The Wall presents a dire warning about the future of the …
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5/25/17
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How do you translate sugary sweetness from screen to the Broadway stage? Sometimes you just can’t. Such is the case with the movie Amelie, the 2001 French romantic comedy starring the winsome …
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4/13/17
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Life is filled with choices, decisions and what ifs. If/Then, the recent Broadway show starring Idina Menzel deals with different paths the main character can choose. Constellation, a wonderful …
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2/26/15
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