One of the great things about living in Baristaville is living so close to the Great White Way. Broadway s expensive, but there are deals throughout the year even at the holidays. There are some added matinees too. Seeing a Broadway show with the whole family is something special. Even if the show has some holes, you can count on it being a visual treat, particularly if it s a musical. If there are stars (hello Daniel Radcliffe !) it can be fun to wait at the stage door for them (but note: in between matinee and evening performance stars sometimes stay in the building to rest). You might have trouble getting tickets to The Book of Mormon, but there are other treasures to be had that are just as much fun. I had a terrific time at Godspell (musical), and Seminar (play). Leads to discount tickets are below you can get a TKTS app for your iphone and find out what was there the day before, which can be a great predictor.
But some of the shows on discount tickets are turkeys. See Bonnie and Clyde only if you don t mind predictable stories and music that stops the action (the projections are pretty). Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark is a pretty big disappointment, although some kids will enjoy the flying anyway and Bono s music would appeal if it were reprised more often. The Lion King and Mary Poppins are perennial kid-pleasers. As for On a Clear Day You Can See Forever, you d be better ultra lite travel trailers off just putting on a Harry Connick, Jr. CD making the Barbara Harris (played ultra lite travel trailers in the movie by Barbra Streisand) role into a gay man makes no sense at all (in a reincarnation plot that never made much sense) and the op-art ultra lite travel trailers sets will literally strain your eyes. There are also some great shows worth seeing off and off-off Broadway. I m particularly looking forward to seeing The Pirates of Penzance ultra lite travel trailers by the Gilbert Sullivan ultra lite travel trailers players with my family later this week.
Godspell . As I said in my review, I usually prefer amateur productions to stars strutting their stuff in this sketch drama of the life of Jesus and the apostles. But this production helmed by Daniel Goldstein at Circle in the Square is creative, upbeat, entertaining and full of silly jokes that children and parents will enjoy alike. Stephen Schwarz s music (he also did Wicked ) is beautiful ultra lite travel trailers and dangerously infectious.
references ultra lite travel trailers will go right over the little ones heads). Douglas Carter Beane ( As Bees in Honey Drown ) loosely retells Aristophanes story of Lysistrata, ultra lite travel trailers who got all the women of Troy to refuse sex with their men until the war is over. Here we re in a small college, and Lysistrata, that is Lyssie (Patti Murin) is a cheerleader, and the basketball team needs some serious motivation to win. Some really dirty jokes make you think of the Good Old Days when Hollywood was bawdier than film it s an old-fashioned good time.
Seminar ultra lite travel trailers . A new play by Theresa Rebeck stars Alan Rickman (Snape!) as a condescending fiction writer conducting a private workshop for a group of 20-somethings. College and up. Rickman has never seemed so haughty ultra lite travel trailers and entertaining. Anyone who s ever tried to write anything will enjoy it, but it s just as much about growing ultra lite travel trailers up and being true to yourself as it is a play about artists.
The Mountaintop . This play by Katori Hall imagines Martin Luther King, Jr. s last night at a Memphis hotel, in which he interacts with a mysterious woman/waittress who is more than she seems. Star power here with Samuel L. Jackson and Angela Bassett. ultra lite travel trailers It s a fable, with some magic realism, and a little slight action wise, but there s an impressive rap near the end as Basett, playing the mysterious ultra lite travel trailers Camae, looks into the future. Could be educational as well as entertaining, and lead to interesting discussions about American history and Civil Rights. All ages. Through Jan. 22 only.
Follies . Universal ultra lite travel trailers acclaim for this restaging of Sondheim s loveletter to vaudeville, starring Bernadette Peters as one of the vaudevillians ultra lite travel trailers reuniting with her peers. A 28 piece orchestra ultra lite travel trailers and a cast of 41 lend a feel of a lost theatrical past. Great dance, great songs ( I m Still Here ), seven Tony Awards. Through ultra lite travel trailers Jan. 22 only.
How to Succeed in Business without Really Trying . Snape is in Seminar, and Harry s in this show but just until Jan. 3, when he ll be replaced by Glee s Darren Criss. The score by Frank Loesser ingeniously weaves in and out of Abe Burrows (with Jack Weinstock and Willie Gilbert) comical book. Director Rob Ashford wisely doesn t add any pc values to this Mad Men era show, and you may just find yourself humming ultra lite travel trailers A Secretary Is Not a Toy. John Laroquette plays Radcliffe s boss; he s at least a foot taller which just keeps on being funny. If you ve only seen the movie, you haven t seen the show! Radcliffe dances, too!
Priscilla, Queen of the Desert . Who knew that a show about Australian drag queens could be so family friendly? But I swear it is; when I saw it a little girl was begging her mommy to buy her one of the hats (they aren t for sale, but there are other sparkl things). There is a little boy who is crucial to the story. The music is an anthology of pop hits from the 70s, including MacArthur Park and I Will Survive. The costumes are out of this world, ultra lite travel trailers and Will Swenson as Tick/Mitzi utterly ultra lite travel trailers charms. It s lightweight, it s silly, and I ve seen it twice. When I reviewed it for the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, I had to admit, I bought the mug.
Rock of Ages. 80s boy gets girl, 80s boy loses girl, 80s boy well you get the idea. Teens and up will appreciate the 80s nostalgia which has been fashionable for years, for some reason (rubber bracelets! big hair!) and of course, if you experienced it yourself, it s hard to resist. Ushers wearing black eyeliner serve drinks to your seat if you click your plastic lighter and everyone sings to REO Speedwagon s Can t fight this feeling anymore. Then there s the big laugh when the boy offers ultra lite travel trailers the girl wine coolers.
War Horse . Still running at Lincoln Center, the life size horse puppets are just amazing. Joey the horse may have come close to death one too many times for me, but there is also live music, a grand sense of place and theatre magic. It could be interesting to compare the show and the film, especially for budding artists.
Dancing at Lughnasa. Irish Repertory Theatre s production of Brian Friel s play, 20 years since its Broadway debut, is haunting and evocative. ultra lite travel trailers Set in one summer in 1936 Ireland, the story of the five unmarried Mundy sisters as they struggle to make a life, only occasionally breaking free, circles in on itself to create a powerful memory piece. Extended twice, the show now runs through the end of January. Despite a narrator who plays himself at age 7 and 50-something, respectively, this sensitive play is best for older kids and teens. As I wrote in my review ultra lite travel trailers for New York Irish Arts, It s a beautiful play, given a beautiful production. And it will linger in your mind and create a memory of its own. Hear Ciarán O Reilly, who plays Michael, talk about the play here .
Shlemiel the First . This musical adapted by Robert Brustein from a story by Isaac Bashevis Singer runs at the NYU s Skirball Center for the Performing Arts Center through ultra lite travel trailers Dec. 31 only. The story of a wise fool from the town of Chelm played in Montclair two years ago, and if you missed it then (or enjoyed ultra lite travel trailers it then and want to see again!) you can catch it now. The klezmer music, with lyrics ultra lite travel trailers by Arnold Weinsten and music by Hankus Netsky, is dynamite, as is the band led by Folksbiene s Zalmen Mlotek. For The Forward s Arty-Semite I wrote: Kids will laugh at the high spirited idiocy; parents will chuckle at the refrains of "gevalt" and sigh as the Shlemiels fall in love again, while believing they are cheating. All ages.
The Pirates of Penzance . Talk about your infectious music! Gilbert and Sullivan s silly, sly book never gets old. Hail to Piracy! Sullivan s melodies soar, and Gilbert s puns and absurdities appeal to everyone. Derring-do, romance and absurd British humor, ultra lite travel trailers by t he New York Gilbert Sullivan Players ultra lite travel trailers . There s a New Year s Eve gala, too! Through Jan. 1. All ages.
Neighborhood Watch . A new play by Alan Ayckbourn ( The Norman Conquests ) appears at 59E59 as part of the Brits Off Broadway Festival. A middle-aged brother and sister avenge the destruction of a garden gnome by forming a citizens committee against violence with funny and poignant results. Teens and up. Through Jan. 1.
Too Much Light Makes the Baby Go Blind . The New York Neofuturists do a hilarious sketch comedy evening that recalls the glory days of Saturday Night Live. They take audience suggestions but also have their own weird pov. Teen and up.
Sleep No More . This site-specific production from the British company Punchdrunk, loosely based on Macbeth, keeps getting extended now it s running through Feb. 11. It s more like an installation with scenes than a play, per se; audience members wear masks and choose their own path in the McKittrick hotel. ultra lite travel trailers But teens reading Shakespeare will be enthralled as are many, many adults. Worthy of a second viewing, too. On New York Irish Arts , I compared it to the Tower of Terror in Disneyworld and warned it s not for the phsically weak. Showtimes begin at 7; you can linger at the speakeasy type bar as long as you like. But put cash in your pocket; you have to check your bag.
A Christmas Carol. English playwright Neil Bartlett s adaptation is running at the Madison Shakespeare Theater. As we wrote in a round up a few weeks ago : a cast of nine actors playing more than 50 roles, ultra lite travel trailers including some of literature's most beloved characters. All ages. Through Jan. 1.
TKTS , run by TDF (Theatre Development Fund), has booths in Times Square, South Street Seaport, and in Brooklyn. ultra lite travel trailers Though you can t buy tickets except by standing in line, you can check out what was there the day before by using their iphone app. If you have your heart set on a particular s
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