Jewish Musicals

Jewish Musicals

Someone started a stream on Twitter with the hashtag #JewishMusicals, and the funny show titles have been rolling in all day. A sample: Katz Again With The Noise, Again With The Funk? Murray Poppins Little Shop of Horas Goys and Dolls Spider Man, It’s OK, I Can Sit In the Dark The Music Mensch Who […]

Stand By For Broadway

Stand By For Broadway

While in New York last weekend, I took my wife, daughter, and mother to see “Memphis,” the musical that won the Tony Award last year. It’s based on the story of Dewey Phillips, a disc jockey who was one of the first to play black rhythm & blues/rock & roll music on a white radio […]

Theater Recommendations

Theater Recommendations

I spent the last few days visiting my mother on Long Island and going into Manhattan to see a couple of one-man shows — Todd Robbins in “Play Dead” and Colin Quinn in “Long Story Short.” I’ve written about Robbins before. At Players Theater in Greenwich Village, he combines his abilities as a magician, sideshow […]

Play Dead

Play Dead

Todd Robbins’ new off-Broadway show, “Play Dead,” is described as a scary, magic-filled exploration of death, darkness, and deception. If I lived in New York, I’d go see it, but since I don’t, I sent my mother, who does. She and a friend were in the audience a couple of weeks ago and had a […]

Chris Wink, Blue Man Group

Chris Wink, one of the founders of Blue Man Group, was on my show today to talk about their rock show tour that’s coming to St. Louis on October 21st. I saw their stage show in Chicago a couple of years ago — it was one of the most offbeat and entertaining interactive theater experiences […]

Darren Holden, “Movin’ Out” piano man

Darren Holden is the piano man and lead singer in the national tour of “Movin’ Out,” the Billy Joel/Twyla Tharp musical that’s playing St. Louis this week. He was on my show to play and sing a few Billy Joel songs (and a couple that aren’t), talk about how he got the role and performed […]