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The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess – on Broadway

January 25, 2012
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The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess Music by George Gershwin Lyrics by Ira Gershwin   This has been one very talked about, heatedly debated and somewhat controversial revival – really re-working of “Porgy and Bess”.  This production takes the Gershwin’s original opera and changes it – both book and musically to make it into a theatre […]

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How To Succeed in Business Without Really Trying – on Broadway

October 18, 2011
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How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying  Book by Abe Burrows, Jack Weinstock and Willie Gilbert Music & Lyrics by Frank Loesser I have to admit it – I wasn’t overly excited to see this production of “How to Succeed”.  It’s just not one of my all-time favorite shows.  It’s certainly not bad – […]

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Anything Goes on Broadway

September 22, 2011
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Anything Goes Book by Bolton, Lindsay et al Music & Lyrics by Cole Porter   This is one of those classic American musicals.  The kind of thing my parents would see when they came into the city back in the day – that would be the 1950’s and 1960’s – and see things like “Oklahoma” […]

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Million Dollar Quartet – now Off-Broadway

September 21, 2011
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  Million Dollar Quartet by Colin Escott and Floyd Mutrux I had seen it a while ago and quite frankly, while enjoyable, it just didn’t seem to me like a “Broadway” show.  But a Broadway show it was for a little more than a year… So when I heard they had moved to the New World […]

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Memphis the musical – on Broadway

September 8, 2011
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Memphis: The Musical Book and Lyrics by Joe DiPietro Music and Lyrics by David Bryan This show is very, very popular.  A multiple Tony-award winner: for Best Musical, Best Book, Best Score, Best Orchestration….and people love, love, love this show.  It’s set in – you guessed it – Memphis in the 50’s – at the […]

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