This blog needs to be made. I love theater, it's my passion. It's great - it makes me laugh, it makes me cry. I probably should be getting my MA in Performance Studies instead of Cinema Studies.
I'm making this because after watching a snippet of Nice Work If You Can Get It on The View today, my mom and I were talking about how annoying it is when the bulk of Tony nominations go towards shows that are more conventional and more old-fashioned and the lack of other cultures in and on Broadway today. I'm going to review shows that I've seen and talk candidly about my thoughts on them.
I go to school in New York, so I go to shows fairly often now and there are some big shows I want to see that I haven't yet (Once, Peter and the Starcatcher) so those will have to wait until later. I am going to backtrack a little and only cover musicals that I have seen in the past year in New York (November-May).
I will say that I do not read reviews of musicals from major media outlets, but rather look at what the average audience member says about it. There are some definite problems, especially when a lot of new shows depend on the critical response and many just get shut down (in reviews and in reality) without a fair shot and some of these shows are really rather good.
The shows I've seen that will be reviewed within the next few days:
How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying (with Daniel Radcliffe)
Billy Elliot: The Musical
Bonnie and Clyde
How I Learned to Drive
Wicked
Leap of Faith
Newsies
End of the Rainbow
A Streetcar Named Desire
Many of these shows are closed, but some of them are still open or touring and some have just extended their runs on Broadway.
This should be fun!
