Review - Dietrich and Chevalier: Love and WarJune 22, 2010I will leave it to you, dear readers, if you decide to take in a performance of Jerry Mayer's Dietrich and Chevalier, to determine for yourselves if it's better off being a play peppered with just a few musical moments or a full-out concert with just a smattering of narrative. As it stands now, the two-act piece with a plot that continually gets halted to present its collection of fifteen musical hits trudges along without much purpose.
Review - Letting Broadway's Freak Flag FlyJune 20, 2010What was that song they sang at last year's Tony Awards? Something about letting your freak flag fly? Something about never hesitating to yell out, 'Hey world, I'm different and here I am?'
Review - If a Girl Isn't FunnyJune 14, 2010The trouble all started when Jule Styne composed a score for Funny Girl that Fanny Brice could not possibly have sung.