The following scene is an excerpt from the play Lost and Found by Alyssa Ahle. UNREQUITED LOVE: A young woman who carts around her old crushes in a wagon. SIMON: The young man currently situated in Unrequited Love’s wagon. Provides comic relief. LOST: A young man who attends group therapy with Unrequited Love. Act I, Scene […]
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“Maybe for you there’s one thousand tomorrows…. But for some of us there’s only today. And the truth is, you never really know.” –Lauren Oliver On February 12th, the stars and the author behind the YA adaptation of Before I Fall came to Santa Monica, allowing readers to not only attend a signing and panel […]
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In 1992, James Lapine and William Finn combined two of their one-act, Off-Broadway shows — March of the Falsettos and Falsettoland — to create the Broadway show Falsettos. The first act was set in 1979, and it was groundbreaking since it introduced a married man leaving his family for his gay lover. The abandoned wife eventually moves […]
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Beware of spoilers… Well, Hamilton dominated the world of Broadway in 2015, which derailed the success of other shows. So, what does Gerard Alessandrini, the mastermind of Forbidden Broadway, do when his subject matter is limited? He turns to the greatest star on Broadway and goes for it. The jokes start rolling from the moment […]
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When the casting for She Loves Me was announced, I was ready to buy my ticket. Laura Benanti, Jane Krakowski, and Zachary Levi all in the same cast? Perfection. However, I was less excited about the actual show. The only song that I had ever heard was “Ice Cream” on the XM On Broadway radio […]
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Sara Bareilles’ musical Waitress opened on April 24th to great reviews. The movie that the musical is based on was not originally a big hit, but it eventually developed a cult following. With Broadway’s first all-female creative team, the women-centric story was recreated. Waitress previewed in Boston at the American Repertory Theater to sold-out shows. Singer-songwriter Sara […]
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As fully expected and well-deserved, Hamilton has broken the record for the most Tony nominations. Billy Elliot (2009) and The Producers (2001) were the previous Tony nomination record holders. Now, Hamilton has trumped both of them with 16 Tony nominations! Creator Lin-Manuel Miranda and Hamilton have dominated every discussion of the 2016 Tony Awards for […]
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The title reads Arthur Miller’s The Crucible, but it may as well be Ivo van Hove’s The Crucible. Van Hove (A View From the Bridge) has a history of stripping down the language and story of the classics, and he does not disappoint in this production, which is highly redesigned and abstract. He takes Miller’s […]
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The Broadway revival of Noises Off is hysterical. It is a classic show within a show construct that just works. In fact, there is a faux Playbill for Nothing On in the real Noises Off Playbill. In Act 1, the cast of Nothing On has just started their rehearsals, and the audience is allowed to […]
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