Archives for August 23, 2018

Mrs. T is resting fairly comfortably in the New York-Presbyterian ICU, watching movies with me on TCM and undergoing therapy that is aimed at stabilizing her condition and clearing the way for the possibility of a double lung transplant at some point—we hope—in the near future. (To find out why she’s in the hospital, go here.) At present she’s too frail for visitors, but I’ve been telling her about the outpouring of sympathy and concern in the social media, which she finds downright astonishing. It means the world to her—and to me—to know how very much you all care.

Many, many thanks for your kind messages. I’ll keep you posted.

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:
• The Band’s Visit (musical, PG-13, all shows sold out last week, reviewed here)
• Dear Evan Hansen (musical, PG-13, all shows sold out last week, reviewed here)
• Hamilton (musical, PG-13, Broadway transfer of off-Broadway production, all shows sold out last week, reviewed here)
• My Fair Lady (musical, G, nearly all shows sold out last week, reviewed here)

OFF BROADWAY:
• Be More Chill (musical, PG-13, closes Sept. 30, reviewed here)

IN EAST HADDAM, CONN.:
• Oliver! (musical, PG-13, closes Sept. 13, reviewed here)

CLOSING SOON OFF BROADWAY:
• On a Clear Day You Can See Forever (musical, G, too complex for children, closes Sept. 6, reviewed here)

CLOSING NEXT WEEK OFF BROADWAY:
• Symphonie Fantastique (abstract underwater puppet show, G, closes Sept. 2, reviewed here)

CLOSING FRIDAY IN GARRISON, N.Y.:
• The Taming of the Shrew (Shakespeare, PG-13, reviewed here)

CLOSING SATURDAY OFF BROADWAY:
• Pushkin: A Life Played Out (drama, PG-13, closes Aug. 25, reviewed here)

CLOSING SATURDAY IN STOCKBRIDGE, MASS.:
• The Petrified Forest (drama, PG-13, closes Aug. 25, reviewed here)

CLOSING SUNDAY IN GARRISON, N.Y.:
• Richard II (Shakespeare, PG-13, reviewed here)

“Who knows what true loneliness is—not the conventional word, but the naked terror? To the lonely themselves it wears a mask. The most miserable outcast hugs some memory or some illusion.”

Joseph Conrad, Under Western Eyes