music
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There are musicals that tell a story about America. There are musicals that celebrate America. And then there is Ragtime, which asks America to sit down, be quiet, and listen to the stories it has spent more than a century trying not to hear. I saw Lincoln Center Theater’s revival of Ragtime on July 29, and I absolutely…
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I saw Schmigadoon! on Broadway last night, and it was an absolutely delightful evening from beginning to end. Bright, funny, romantic, and bursting with theatrical energy, the production feels like both a loving celebration of classic musicals and a wonderfully clever comedy in its own right. It captures everything that makes musical theater so joyful – the…
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There are Broadway musicals that tell you a story. There are Broadway musicals that let you hear a catalogue of familiar songs. And then there are the rare productions that dissolve the invisible wall between stage and audience until you forget you’re watching a performance at all. Just in Time belongs firmly in that last category.…
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I walked out of MJ the Musical asking myself a question that I don’t think the show necessarily wants you to ask: If you removed the music and the dancing, would the story still hold you? That’s not a knock against the production. It’s a question about theatre itself. Because from the moment the lights come up, MJ does…
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On June 13, 2026, I had the opportunity to see Dog Day Afternoon on Broadway, and it delivered one of the most enjoyable afternoons of theatre I have experienced in quite some time. Like many theatergoers, I came into the production with a deep appreciation for the iconic 1975 film. Adapting a beloved movie for the stage…
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by Brian S. Brijbag, Esq. Every night, they came in droves – leathered, liquored, spiritually limber. Stadiums shook with the seismic sincerity of 80,000 people pretending they weren’t pretending. But in Section A, Row 12, upstage left of the main screen, just above the fourth subwoofer, there lived a pixel. A single, glowing, tremoring green pixel. It…
