Every so often a show comes along that challenges the accepted conventions of theater. There’s something so different about it that it creates an experience that you won’t soon forget. “Once” is exactly that show.
Tag: Tony Awards
How Broadway Is Striking A Chord With Millennial Audiences
Kander and Ebb’s 2006 musical, “Curtains,” says there’s “a special kind of people known as show people.” That cannot be truer, but I feel in our day and age, too many people still think of Broadway as the old Ethel Merman-Cole Porter type stuff that does not necessarily appeal to a Millennial audience. However, that…
A Fresh Comedy From The 1590s Shines With 10 Tony Nominations
Bringing the best of the 1590s and today to the stage, “Something Rotten!” is finding major success on Broadway and is nominated for 10 Tony Awards this Sunday. The show follows the story of brothers Nick and Nigel Bottom (Brian d’Arcy James and John Cariani, respectively), whom are struggling to write a new hit play…
“Something Rotten” Becomes Something Sweet for Schwarzkopf
Imagine meeting the person who helped make your dream a career. What would you say? What would you do? On May 9, that dream became a reality for senior Andrea Schwarzkopf. On a trip to New York City with a few friends, Schwarzkopf and I decided to go see the new musical “Something Rotten!” Little…
Kevin J. Studer 