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Harry Potter Is Crossing the Atlantic. Will Magic Follow?
Not unlike many of our readers, Harry Potter and his family are crossing the Pond. Perhaps uncharacteristically, he’s not boarding a train at Platform 9 3/4 in London’s Kings Cross. Rather, he’s traveling with a somewhat large entourage that includes key members of the original cast of “Harry Potter and the Cursed Child” in the West End.
The play picks up with J.K. Rowling’s beloved characters 19 years after The Deathly …
Theater Review: ‘Jerry Springer – the Opera’ at Pershing Square Signature Center
Although I never watched TV’s “Jerry Springer Show,” I was more than just curious to see how a talk show that required multiple security personnel on stage to stop brawls and other similar entanglements would work on stage.
The truth is, it, that is “Jerry Springer – The Opera,” didn’t, and you, dear reader, need not read further if you have something more pressing to do, such as taking out the …
What’s Doing in London’s West End Theatre District
LONDON—Along with Broadway, London’s West End is generally considered to be home to the most important English-language theater in the world.
While it might not be apparent at first blush, despite many similarities, the first-time West End theatergoer will find many nuanced differences and traditions at shows.
In general, it’s cheaper to attend shows in the West End compared to Broadway. It’s also easier to get tickets to hot shows given there …
Briefly Noted: ‘The Outsider’ at Paper Mill Playhouse – Theater Review
Ponder the question, “what is the role of government?” In brief, a political scientist might explain that it exists to accomplish, as a group, that which individuals alone cannot. This would include building infrastructure, such as roads that connect people and cities, maintaining that infrastructure such as maintaining and keeping the roads clear, providing schools, and establishing a safety net for the less fortunate. Do the people want someone who …
Just Another Bikini Bottom Day at ‘Spongebob Squarepants’ at Palace Theater – Review
When I think of Spongebob Squarepants, the Nickelodeon cartoon dish sponge I grew up watching, the last thing that comes to mind is “this would make a great Broadway musical.” Spongebob Squarepants, a popular cartoon character since 1999, lives in a pineapple under the sea next to his best friend, a starfish named Patrick, and both are friends with a scientist/karate squirrel in a spacesuit. Spongebob has a boss who’s …
Review: “Once on This Island” at Circle in the Square Theatre
Coming into the Circle in the Square Theatre on an icy winter’s day, the stark contrast of islanders fishing in the lagoon, milling on the beach, and parading around a goat wearing a diaper was striking. Theatergoers in the first row had their feet in sand.
It’s clear something untoward had happened. The upturned boat, what appears to be workers tending to the villagers, their shoes and clothing hung out to …
Review: ‘Who’s Holiday!’ at Westside Theatre
Just in time for the holidays, playwright Matthew Lombardo has taken on “How the Grinch Stole Christmas” with his “Who’s Holiday!”, turning the former into a risqué adult comedy. Now an adult, Cyndi Lou Who, portrayed brilliantly by Leslie Margherita, has been released from prison and lives in her uncle’s trailer that she recently inherited. It’s Christmas Eve and she’s hosting a holiday party.
Despite proximity to Whoville’s Mount Crumpet, “that …
