Once upon a time, there was a book that everybody loved. A short time later, this book got turned into a movie which everybody hated. Finally, the book got turned into an Off-Broadway musical which everybody loved, and everyone lived happily ever aft …Read more

Jennifer Jewell’s solo show Goblin Market is headed to the 2017 Edinburgh Festival Fringe later this summer. But first, Jewell performed her solo show at 59E59 Theatres in NYC. And if the Edinburgh audience is as captivated by Jewell’s performance as …Read more

The story of The Three Musketeers has been adapted innumerable times for both the stage and screen, with varying degrees of success. Some productions veer so far from Alexandre Dumas’ original novel that it seems doubtful the production’s writers act …Read more

“There are no set endings,” says Thomas, the hero of David Mauk’s and Brenda Mandabach’s musical The Time Machine (directed by Justin Baldridge at The Acorn Theatre at Theatre Row). Based on the novel by H. G. Wells (who coined the term “time machine …Read more

My Dear Watson (at the Peter Jay Sharp Theater for NYMF) is not exactly a new take on the story of Sherlock Holmes. In fact, it doesn’t take a consulting detective to predict most of the musical’s events just before they occur – simply because most o …Read more

Mariaca Semprún is no stranger to musical theatre: in Venezuela, she’s known as “the Queen of Musicals.” An artist as popular as she is versatile, Semprún has acted in productions from Vivo and Aire to The Sound of Music and Fiddler on the Roof. She’ …Read more

Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar seems to be a popular (or should we say unpopular?) play lately. Multiple NYC companies have included it in their summer repertoire, including the Public. But you’re going to be hard-pressed to find a more unique, inventiv …Read more

The story of Robin Hood is one that will always be relevant, which may be why it has endured so long and inspired so many adaptations: from more serious films like the Russell Crowe version, to Men in Tights. Larry Blamire’s Robin Hood, directed by C …Read more

The Tony Award-winning creative team behind Ragtime has brought us a gorgeous new musical inspired by the legend of Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna Romanova. Set in 1920s Russia and Paris, Anastasia follows a young, amnesiac street-sweeper named A …Read more

Woody Sez (at the Irish Repertory Theatre through July 23) tells the story of American folk-protest singer-songwriter Woody Guthrie in his own words. The show features over 30 of Woody’s songs, played on a range of instruments, from the guitar and vi …Read more