David Byrne’s American Utopia is currently streaming on HBO Max. By Palmer Rubin One of my all-time favorite cinematic moments is the very beginning of 1984’s Stop Making Sense, the film that put Jonathan Demme […]
Category: broadway
All the Natalie Portmans
All the Natalie Portmans will play at the MCC Theater Space through March 29. By Elazar Abrahams Off-Broadway sometimes holds talent more impressive than that of the Great White Way. That’s certainly true of the […]
Mean Girls (Broadway)
By Elazar Abrahams I was not interested in seeing Mean Girls on Broadway. In fact, I was opposed to it. Ahead of the show’s initial debut, I was excited. Tina Fey was writing a musical […]
Come From Away
By Elazar Abrahams Never had I seen a Broadway show receive a standing ovation three years after opening. And yet, last night, at the Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre, that is exactly what happened. I’ve wanted to […]
Ashley Blaker: Goy Friendly
Ashley Blaker: Goy Friendly will run through February 23 at the Soho Playhouse. By Elazar Abrahams After a well-received run in NYC back in 2018, comedian Ashley Blaker returns to the city that never sleeps […]
BroadwayCon 2020
By Elazar Abrahams Another BroadwayCon has come and gone. For its fifth year, the celebration of everything theater moved its location from the Javits Center to the Hilton Midtown, but the smaller scale didn’t hinder […]
Emojiland: The Musical
‘Emojiland’ is playing until March 8 at The Duke on 42nd Street. By Elazar Abrahams The new off-Broadway musical Emojiland has little in common with 2017’s The Emoji Movie, but it isn’t much better than […]
The Wrong Man
The Wrong Man concluded an off-Broadway run on November 24. By Rachel M. This Off-Broadway show centers around a concept album written by songwriter Ross Golan, 2016 BMI Pop Songwriter of the Year who composed […]
The Public’s Mobile Unit: Measure for Measure
By Aharon Nissel Don’t be fooled by the light opening scene of the Public Theater’s Mobile Unit adaptation of William’s Shakespeare’s Measure for Measure which began performances at the Public this past week. The show […]
A Christmas Carol Broadway
A Christmas Carol is playing at the Lyceum Theater until January 5. By Elazar Abrahams Consider this Jew impressed. I loved A Christmas Carol on Broadway. While I have not read the original source material, […]
