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...Well, Broadway can still surprise, and I found "Thou Shalt Not," which opened last week and was eviscerated by most of the critics, better than I had expected. To be sure, the prospects for a musical this dark - a young woman conspires with her lover to murder her husband - were never very bright, especially so in a dark year like this one. But even in cheerier times, "Thou Shalt Not" would have needed strong critical support to survive, and the show now appears doomed. But before it departs for the graveyard of Broadway bombs, it deserves a little credit...
...hurdle the musical faces. This is a show in which the two leads (Craig Bierko and Kate Levering) wind up destroying each other; another character spends the entire second act paralyzed by a stroke; and yet another doesn't come to life until after he's dead. That "Thou Shalt Not" doesn't become a complete downer is a tribute largely to the flavorful music of Harry Connick Jr., the jazzman making his first foray into Broadway. Connick does best, not surprisingly, with the Dixieland-style numbers meant to evoke the period. But he also shows impressive range, with Sondheim...
...wasn't exactly humming on the way out of "Thou Shalt Not." But I was happy to have seen a musical that takes on a nearly impossible task - creating an entertaining musical out of grim tragedy - with originality and flair. It deserves more than a one-way ticket to the morgue...
...Well, Broadway can still surprise, and I found "Thou Shalt Not," which opened last week and was eviscerated by most of the critics, better than I had expected. To be sure, the prospects for a musical this dark - a young woman conspires with her lover to murder her husband - were never very bright, especially so in a dark year like this one. But even in cheerier times, "Thou Shalt Not" would have needed strong critical support to survive, and the show now appears doomed. But before it departs for the graveyard of Broadway bombs, it deserves a little credit...
...hurdle the musical faces. This is a show in which the two leads (Craig Bierko and Kate Levering) wind up destroying each other; another character spends the entire second act paralyzed by a stroke; and yet another doesn't come to life until after he's dead. That "Thou Shalt Not" doesn't become a complete downer is a tribute largely to the flavorful music of Harry Connick Jr., the jazzman making his first foray into Broadway. Connick does best, not surprisingly, with the Dixieland-style numbers meant to evoke the period. But he also shows impressive range, with Sondheim...