Water for Elephants Book by Rick Elise Music and Lyrics by Pigpen Theatre Company Based on the novel by Sara Gruen Directed by Jessica Stone Imperial Theatre June 1, 2024 Production website 💉💉💉 out of 5.
This show began with one of the most magical, energetic physical first acts that I can remember. The circus truly sprung into life. I learned more about the circus and had more fun in the theater than I have had in a while. Every transition, every movement of a piece of scenery or a prop, every curtain that had to move, became a wondrous physical event. I can’t remember the last time I saw the stage spectacle so alive.
Breaking the Story by Alexis Scheer Directed by Jo Bonney 2nd Stage at Tony Kiser Theater May 31, 2024 Production website 💉💉💉💉 out of 5.
Breaking the Story follows the character Marina, a war correspondent, about to receive a lifetime achievement award for her work shedding light on the darkest parts of humanity. She is playing with the idea of leaving her job for good to settle down with her former colleague-turned-lover — but she must reckon with the hold that war and her profession still have on her.
What Became of Us by Shayan Lotfi Directed by Jennifer Chang Atlantic Theatre May 30, 2024 Production website 💉💉 out of 5.
What Became of Us was a very nice play. I wish that it had been more than just a nice play, but it really was just a nice play. The play told the story of two siblings, one born in their native country and one born in the US) as they each navigated their ties to both their birthplace, the United States and their relationships to their parents.
The Notebook Music and Lyrics by Ingrid Michaelson Book by Beech Brunstetter Based on the book by Nicholas Sparks Choreographed by Katie Superman Directed by Michael Greig & Scheme Williams Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre May 29, 2024 Production website 💉💉💉 out of 5.
I must have been the ONLY person in the audience who had never read nor seen the movie for the Notebook. I was a rarity in the theatre. I was a bit concerned coming into the theater. One thing that struck me with worry is that even in the merchandise counter as you came in, they were selling boxed tissues for the audience as if we were going to be incapable of getting through the show without pouring tears onto our laps.
Three Houses Music, Lyrics, Book and Orchestrations by Dave Malloy Directed and Choreographed by Annie Tippe Signature Theatre May 29, 2024 Production website 💉💉💉💉 out of 5.
“My heart broke and then the world broke and then my brain broke too, and I don’t know which one to blame.” Three Houses is the first piece of musical theatre that I’ve seen that explores the psychological trauma experienced at the peak of the COVID pandemic as its theme: the isolation and separation and fear. The audience is cozily set in the round in a run down smoky over-stuffed cocktail bar for an open mic night as three guests are called forward to share
