Harry Forbes
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Harry Forbes
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Six glories of the musical theater -- both the familiar and the rare -- shared the spotlight in #OhioLightOpera's summer season: from Coward to Künneke, and Sullivan to Gershwin: tinyurl.com/ms342m86
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Ohio LIght Opera 2025
By Harry Forbes Where else but at the Ohio Light Opera in Wooster could you find such a wonderfully varied season of musicals and operetta...
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Jeremy Jordan in top form heads a stunning revival of composer/lyricist Adam Guettel's "Floyd Collins," his first major musical success based on the true story of a trapped cave explorer in 1925 Kentucky: tinyurl.com/4pan8prh @LCTheater
Bernadette Peters and Lea Salonga head "Stephen Sondheim's Old Friends," a loving overview of the late composer's songbook, with first-rate talent from Broadway and London's West End: tinyurl.com/2svr9cex
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Stephen Sondheim's Old Friends (Manhattan Theatre Club)
By Harry Forbes That ubiquitous genre, the  Stephen Sondheim revue --- one which had its genesis in Ned Sherrin and David Kernan’s “Side by ...
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There's a lot more to Sarah Snook than her memorable performance on HBO's "Succession," as this gripping adaptation of Oscar Wilde's novel #ThePictureOfDorianGray spectacularly demonstrates: bit.ly/42l8JC9 @DorianGrayPlay
The Picture of Dorian Gray (The Music Box)
By Harry Forbes To cut to the chase, Sarah Snook --  known best globally for her role as Shiv Roy in HBO’s “Succession” -- is absolutely stu...
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Andrew Scott's #Vanya, his one-man riff on "Uncle Vanya" is quite the tour de force, capping an impressive series of triumphs for the actor on stage, screen, and TV: tinyurl.com/39wkzvwm @vanyaonstage
Vanya (Lucille Lortel Theatre)
By Harry Forbes Andrew Scott is certainly riding a career high: the Irish actor’s much praised turn as Garry Essendine in an updating of Noe...
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Idina Menzel is in fine fettle, dramatically and musically, and the set design and projections are richly eye-filling, but otherwise this earnest musical of a grieving woman finding solace among the towering Redwoods disappoints: tinyurl.com/yc4h8h7f @Redwoodmusical
Redwood (Nederlander Theatre)
By Harry Forbes Idina Menzel fans certainly get their money’s worth in this tailor made musical conceived by the lady herself in tandem with...
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The revival of "Garside's Career," a pre-World War I rarity from English playwright Harold Brighouse, best known for "Hobson's Choice," proves one of the Mint's most worthy rediscoveries: tinyurl.com/y6fwscp7 @MintTheaterCo
Garside’s Career (Mint Theater Company)
By Harry Forbes British playwright Harold Brighouse (1882-1958) is best remembered for his 1915 “Hobson’s Choice,” frequently revived and fa...
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#AndraMcDonald triumphs, as we knew she would, playing that most laser-focused of stage mothers in George C. Wolfe's superlative revival of the Jule Styne/Stephen Sondheim, and Arthur Laurents masterpiece #Gypsy: tinyurl.com/378fvkky @gypsybway
Gypsy (Majestic Theatre)
By Harry Forbes It was only a matter of time before Audra McDonald would join the distinguished line of post-Ethel Merman interpreters of th...
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REVIEW: The 2010 musical version of that most popular of Christmas movies has returned to Broadway with a cast headed by Grey Henson, Ashley Brown, Michael Hayden, and Sean Astin for its second seasonal revival, and it provides as much pleasure as before. @elfonbroadway
Elf (Marquis Theatre)
By Harry Forbes When “Elf” premiered on Broadway back in 2010, I opined that the show was so good it could easily have staying power well be...
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