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...Rich’s verdict? Like most Broadway productions today, the administration’s PR machine is full of glitz, lights, and spectacle, but at its core, it’s shallow, empty, deceiving and plays, for an unwitting and brainless audience...
...divorced Ronald Reagan and won an Oscar for playing a deaf-mute. That was Jane Wyman. Our Jane was married to the same man, businessman Edgar Ward, until his death in 2000, one day short of their 65th wedding anniversary. Her career spanned just about that length, from Broadway in the early '30s to a last TV movie role in 1996. The year before our first dinner, she had played Mr. Spock?s human mother in Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home; and she had a recurring role on St. Elsewhere. But by then acting was a sideline. Her full...
...Furth intentionally constructed an emotionally unavailable principal character, performing it can be a little risky. But regardless of the chances the directors may be taking with this complex, enigmatic musical—which is going up in the Ex during reading period—they have chosen what many Broadway lovers view as an antiquated, stylized piece.A poor choice? Hardly. Furth’s foundational book is replete with ’70s slang and cultural references, which manifest themselves subtly in Sondheim’s retro-pop tonal touches. Critics harped on the inclusion of these cultural artifacts...
Runs through Nov. 22 at Jimmy Tingle’s Off Broadway Theater at 7:30 p.m. Wed.-Sat. and 3 p.m. Sun. Student tickets $12.50 at www.jtoffbroadway.com...
...High Fidelity” will open on Broadway next month if it receives enough acclaim from the Boston audience. One can only hope that Generation Yers who lost their indie music (or actual) virginity because of the movie, as well as anyone with an ear for musical theater, will protest this horrible wrong...