The New York Times – Music:
Todrick Hall’s overstuffed quasi-opera is beautifully sung but discombobulated, while a cutesy Fitzgerald adaptation has a talented cast but lacks depth.
Author: Helen Shaw
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‘Les Misérables’ Review: The Barricades Rise Above the Hudson
The New York Times – Music:
In this semi-open-air staging in the Hudson Valley, the musical conjures Paris’s seedy cobblestone streets with an adept Jean Valjean leading the charge.
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At Hudson Valley Shakespeare, a ‘King Lear’ Worth Traveling For
The New York Times – Travel:
A beautifully observed version of a man’s final act, along with a lively staging of “As You Like It,” engage the surrounding mountains in conversation.
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‘The Potluck’ Review: The Greensboro Massacre, and a Heavy Legacy to Bear
The New York Times – Music:
César Alvarez’s ambitious new work is a mixed musical meal: It wants to be a call to revolutionary action but is surprisingly lacking in it.
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Listen to This Sondheim Masterpiece and It Will Bring Order to Your Day
The New York Times – Music:
Stephen Sondheim’s masterpiece, “Sunday in the Park With George,” contains a song capable of making order out of mayhem. Listen to hear how he did it.
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‘Girl, Interrupted’ Review: A Musical That’s a Little Too Tranquilized
The New York Times – Music:
While the 1999 movie went for melodrama, this stage adaptation with songs by Aimee Mann honors the memoir’s coolly clinical prose.
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‘Moby Dick’ Review: Robert Wilson’s Last Masterpiece
The New York Times – Music:
Wilson’s 2024 adaptation of Herman Melville’s classic, with music by the British singer-songwriter Anna Calvi, has a short run at the Brooklyn Academy of Music.