The President has blurted out another gaffe, and everyone is scurrying to fix his latest blunder. Sound all too familiar? Well, in this case, it takes more than his wife and favorable news reporters to cover up this mess. It’s so bad that the care of seven women is needed for damage control.
The women carry the show. Memorable, and the highlight is Mrs. Laine (Mare Winningham). She has dementia and lost her filter years ago. She is rip-roaring hilarious and made the otherwise severe, sad, and depressing depiction of life wake up the audience. Another resident Mrs. Burke (Luba Mason), takes off and starts playing the drums – in heels!
The brother Karey Kirkpatrick and John O’Farrell created the book and are back at it again to make music and lyrics of pure unadulterated fun. Mrs. Doubtfire at the Stephen Sondheim theater is an update of the 1993 film starring Robin Williams, but funnier and more entertaining.
Who is ultimately in charge here? Where is the person that is supposed to be supervising this crew? Why is the last voice we hear over the intercom that of a woman? Each audience member can answer these, and other questions that Exception to The Rule asks.
The Metropolitan Playhouse transforms into the L station/Venus Records and a block in alphabet city with the help of Lassen Paulk’s scenic painting and the superb cast transporting us to various scenes in the neighborhood.
Americano The Musical introduces the audience to the actual life story of Tony Valdovinos who came to the United States with his parents when he was two.
Birdland Jazz Club was filled on with patrons eager to see Amanda McBroom in her one night show entitled Crimes of the Heart
Everything is gray in David Byrne’s `Utopia. The suits, the instruments played Byrne’s hair, and even the gray subject matter he ponders – the brain. Byrne’s cynicism is transparent. From Utopia upside down to discussing his motivation for including songs.
The Palm Midtown is a hot spot for opening night parties, serving visitors from local and international origins.
here are two types of people in the world; those that have been to Moulin Rouge, the club in Paris now in its 133rd year, and the rest of us. Then there are those who have been to the Moulin Rouge recreated on Broadway at the Al Hirschfeld Theater, and that is a spectacle not to be missed.
