Out of Myself – Songs of Peter Foley (Center Stage Records). Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ It is a tribute to a man acknowledged by an early mentor, Stephen Sondheim, as “among the best of his generation at setting lyrics and writing music that evokes character and mood”.
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CD Review: The Man In The Ceiling – Studio Cast Recording
THE MAN IN THE CEILING – Studio Cast Recording (Ghostlight Records – CD and download) Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ The artwork for this CD put a smile on my face and it remained there for the entirety of the album. The Man in the Ceiling is based on the 1995 graphic […]
CD Review – Hello, Dolly! – 2017 Broadway Cast
HELLO, DOLLY! – 2017 Broadway Cast (Masterworks Broadway – 88985405922) At times like this I wish more than anything that I lived in New York. I would love to actually see this production onstage. Perhaps by now you may have gathered that I am in love with this recording of the 2017 Broadway cast of […]
Songbird – 59E59 Theaters, New York
Songbird continues at 59E59 Theaters, New York, until 29 November. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ Anton Chekhov’s unhappy turn-of-the-20th-Century Russians transform intriguingly into contemporary denizens of Nashville, Tennessee, in the new Off-Broadway musical Songbird. Based on the Russian master’s play The Seagull, Michael Kimmel’s script follows Chekhov’s tangled love affairs in […]
John & Jen – Clurman Theatre, New York
John & Jen continues at The Clurman Theatre, New York, until 4 April. Star rating: 3 stars ★ ★ ★ Sibling co-dependency gets the spotlight if not much examination in John & Jen, an Off-Broadway musical from 1995 now receiving an appreciative revival, courtesy of the Keen Company, one of the many smaller not-for-profit producing groups that dot […]
