Anything Can Happen in the Theater: The Musical World of Maury Yeston – The York Theatre Company, New York until 29 December 2020. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ It’s just one song after another, no introductions, no particular context, and except for some situation-setting exchanges at the very opening, no dialogue. […]
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Enter Laughing: The Musical continues at The York Theatre Company, New York
Enter Laughing: The Musical continues at The York Theatre Company, New York until 9 June 2019. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ For audiences with a deep nostalgia for old-time Hollywood and rather rosy feelings about getting through the hard times of the Great Depression, the Off-Broadway revival of Enter Laughing: The […]
Texas in Paris – The York Theatre Company, New York
Texas in Paris continues at The York Theatre Company, New York until 1 March. Star rating: 3 stars *** The deep churnings of soul and emotion that can make folk music so compelling well inform Texas in Paris, a new Off-Broadway musical play whose score overflows with American spirituals, cowboy songs and country hymns. Playwright Alan Govenar, […]
Inventing Mary Martin – York Theatre Company, New York
Inventing Mary Martin: The Revue of a Lifetime continues at The York Theatre Company, New York, until 25 May. During the 1940s, 50s and into the 60s, Mary Martin was one of the brightest lights on Broadway marquees. While she had her share of flops, her career was powered by a series of memorable hits, […]
