Category Archives: Concerts

AN ENCHANTED EVENING

I finally tracked down a copy of this DVD, a tribute to the music of Richard Rodgers. On the whole, the piece felt a little empty to me, but I’m starting to wonder if that isn’t a general reaction on … Continue reading

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NEWSFLASH: Liza is Back on Broadway!

Earlier this month, Playbill announced that Liza Minnelli’s new Broadway concert, Liza’s at the Palace…!, would be seen on the Great White Way from 3-14 December and ticket sales for the run opened yesterday. The concert, advertised as “an incomparable … Continue reading

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SWEENEY TODD on DVD: the Show or the Concert?

The question is simple: which of the two DVD versions of Stephen Sondheim’s Sweeney Todd do you like better: the fully staged version with George Hearn and Angela Lansbury or the concert version with Hearn and Patti LuPone? For me, … Continue reading

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Thoughts on a revival of A CONNECTICUT YANKEE

In his review of the Encores! production of the Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart musical, A Connecticut Yankee, Ben Brantley says of the show: There’s no pretending that A Connecticut Yankee… seems other than quaint today. The show, originally written … Continue reading

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