Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812
Music, Lyrics, Book and Orchestration by Dave Malloy
Directed by Rachel Chavkin
Imperial  Theatre
June 10, 2017
Production website
💉💉💉💉💉 out of 5.

This musical was like a full exotic dinner with course after course of food that you could never imagine, served in a way you couldn’t anticipate, with a flavor that was both familiar and exotic.  That is my best shot at describing the “experience” of seeing the Great Comet.  The entire theatre had been gutted and made into a Russian beer hall.   A similar attempt was made by Broadway’s Cabaret a few years ago – but this TRULY took the idea and ran with it,   Food was served (or rather tossed) at the show’s beginning and much of the audience sat at candle lit tables. Continue reading Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812 →

The Play That Goes Wrong
Written by Henry Lewis, Jonathan Sayer, and Henry Shields
Directed by Mark Bell
Lyceum Theatre
June 10, 2017
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💉💉💉💉 out of 5.

One of my most favorite guilty pleasures in the theatre is British farce!  There is something about such a proper, well-speaking group like the Brits suffer hilariously in front of an audience – – and deliciously suffer they do in this play.  In the vain of Michael Frayn’s Noises Off we have the classic comedy about the farce making fun of making farces.  It may sound like an inside joke to theatre people, but it was not.  EVERYONE sitting around me was laughing from the start to the finish. Continue reading The Play That Goes Wrong →