Saturday, December 24, 2011
Overview of 2011 theater season
A 2011 to 2012 overview: — a look back and forward by Curtainup's critic and editor in chief.
Sunday, December 18, 2011
New pre-holiday musicals: 2 thumbs up, 2 thumbs down
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4 Pre-Holiday Musicals: 2 thumbs up, 2 thumbs down
Of our 2 recent visits to new musical productions, our off-Broadway trips were by far the most fun and satisfying. Schlemiel the First is a rarely seen but well worth weeing revival-- Once is something of a master class on how to adapt a movie for the stage -- keeping its char but creating a new art form. If you don't get a chance to see it at NYTheatre Workshop in the East Village-- it is moving to the Bernard Jacobs Theater and ore likely to transfer successfully than the misguided revised revival of On a Clear Day You Can See Forever or the silly Lysistrata Jones which overreached by transferring its downtown run to the Great White Way.
Shlemiel the First- Besides being imbued with Klezmer this offers many lessons. And you don't have to be Jewish to appreciate them and enjoy the show . . .
Once - a rare screen-to-stage adaptation that retains the charms of their source but as a work of art in its own right .
Lysistrata Jones - the move uptown is a case of overreaching. It's still light-hearted and purposefully silly fun, but it's just too slight and limited in broad audience appeal . .
On a Clear Day You Can See Forever - if anyone can bring out the very best in a show and make a half-full cup of entertainment filled to the brim, Mayer's the man. At least I thought he was . . .
Once - a rare screen-to-stage adaptation that retains the charms of their source but as a work of art in its own right .
4 Pre-Holiday Musicals: 2 thumbs up, 2 thumbs down
Of our 2 recent visits to new musical productions, our off-Broadway trips were by far the most fun and satisfying. Schlemiel the First is a rarely seen but well worth weeing revival-- Once is something of a master class on how to adapt a movie for the stage -- keeping its char but creating a new art form. If you don't get a chance to see it at NYTheatre Workshop in the East Village-- it is moving to the Bernard Jacobs Theater and ore likely to transfer successfully than the misguided revised revival of On a Clear Day You Can See Forever or the silly Lysistrata Jones which overreached by transferring its downtown run to the Great White Way.
Shlemiel the First- Besides being imbued with Klezmer this offers many lessons. And you don't have to be Jewish to appreciate them and enjoy the show . . .
Once - a rare screen-to-stage adaptation that retains the charms of their source but as a work of art in its own right .
Lysistrata Jones - the move uptown is a case of overreaching. It's still light-hearted and purposefully silly fun, but it's just too slight and limited in broad audience appeal . .
On a Clear Day You Can See Forever - if anyone can bring out the very best in a show and make a half-full cup of entertainment filled to the brim, Mayer's the man. At least I thought he was . . .
Once - a rare screen-to-stage adaptation that retains the charms of their source but as a work of art in its own right .
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