The Queens are the toast of New York after Toby Marlow and Lucy Moss’ hit British musical Six finally arrived on Broadway 18 months later than planned. Already entering the history books as the first new musical to open on Broadway following the pandemic, the show which recently moved into its new West End home, […]
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Waitress – Brooks Atkinson Theatre, New York
Waitress continues at the Brooks Atkinson Theatre, New York. Star rating: three stars ★ ★ ★ ✩ ✩ How many songs can one write about pies, making them, eating them, seeing them as a metaphor for life and love? That was undoubtedly the challenge facing singer-songwriter Sara Bareilles when she sat down to create the music and […]
Spring Awakening – Brooks Atkinson Theatre, New York
Spring Awakening continues at the Brooks Atkinson Theatre, New York until 24 January. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ When the original production of the musical Spring Awakening closed on Broadway in January, 2009, it had racked up 859 performances and claimed eight Tony Awards, including Best Musical. Now the piece is back on Broadway […]
It Shoulda Been You – Brooks Atkinson Theatre, New York
It Shoulda Been You continues at the Brooks Atkinson Theatre, New York. Star rating: 2 stars ★ ★ As the curtain rises on It Shoulda Been You, an overweight woman wearing a bridal veil sings of her doubts about the forthcoming wedding. But as we quickly learn, it’s not she, Jenny, who’s getting married, but […]
After Midnight – Brooks Atkinson Theatre, New York
After Midnight continues at the Brooks Atkinson Theatre, New York, for an open-ended run. To borrow from E.Y. (Yip) Harburg’s memorable lyric, it seems like happiness is just a thing called After Midnight. This revue of music from the heyday in the late 1920s of the Cotton Club, the fabled Harlem night-spot, is escapist Broadway […]
