Archives for September 20, 2012

I’m thrilled to announce that Satchmo at the Waldorf, my first play, will be transferring directly from Long Wharf Theatre in New Haven to Philadelphia’s Wilma Theater, one of America’s top regional companies, where it will open on November 16 and run through December 2.
Needless to say, the Wilma is mounting the same production of Satchmo at the Waldorf that was first seen earlier this year at Shakespeare & Company and will be opening at Long Wharf on October 3. John Douglas Thompson is the star, Gordon Edelstein the director.
If you haven’t seen Satchmo, come. If you have, come again.
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Adriane Lenox leads the company of the 1999 Broadway revival of Kiss Me, Kate in Cole Porter’s “Another Op’nin’, Another Show”:

Here’s my list of recommended Broadway, off-Broadway, and out-of-town shows, updated weekly. In all cases, I gave these shows favorable reviews (if sometimes qualifiedly so) in The Wall Street Journal when they opened. For more information, click on the title.

BROADWAY:

• Bring It On (musical, G, closes Jan. 20, reviewed here)

• Evita (musical, PG-13, most performances sold out last week, reviewed here)

• Once (musical, G/PG-13, all performances sold out last week, reviewed here)

OFF BROADWAY:

• Avenue Q (musical, R, adult subject matter and one show-stopping scene of puppet-on-puppet sex, reviewed here)

• The Fantasticks (musical, G, suitable for children capable of enjoying a love story, reviewed here)

• Tribes (drama, PG-13, closes Jan. 6, reviewed here)

IN NIAGARA-ON-THE-LAKE, ONTARIO:

• Misalliance (serious comedy, G/PG-13, far too talky for children, closes Oct. 27, reviewed here)

• Present Laughter (comedy, PG-13, closes Oct. 28, reviewed here)

CLOSING NEXT WEEK IN EAST HADDAM, CONN.:

• Carousel (musical, G, closes Sept. 29, reviewed here)

CLOSING SUNDAY OFF BROADWAY:

• The Train Driver (drama, PG-13, reviewed here)

“Those who never quote, in return are seldom quoted.”
Isaac D’Israeli, Curiosities of Literature