But it’s sweet, sweet nostalgia porn.
Tag: Rodgers and Hammerstein
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Bette Davis Ain’t for Sissies, Jacques Brel’s Lonesome Losers . . . , and nine more new stage shows
A one-woman show to buckle up for and an intimate, retro revue are among this week’s best bets.
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Congo Square’s A Small Oak Tree Runs Red, Black Ensemble’s The Marvin Gaye Story, and ten more new theater reviews
Two African-American companies present revelatory dramas.
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Mike Mother, Best of Enemies, The 180 Degree Rule, and eight more stage shows to see now
A Neo-Futurist show, a drama about an almost unimaginable alliance, and a satire of Hollywood’s golden age are among the hits this week.
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Grease is the show nobody wrote, according to the New York Times
The paper doesn’t think Grease‘s creators are worth mentioning.
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That wasn’t such a nice clambake: Some thoughts on the Carousel problem
Or how Rodgers and Hammerstein made something so ugly into something so pretty
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A Brigadoon for modern times
The Goodman Theatre’s 21st-century revival retrieves Brigadoon from the misty past.
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A Sound of Music for its fans, old and new
The Sound of Music at Lyric Opera is big, beautiful, and traditional.