Tag: Broadway

  • New York Mini-Reviews 2025 p4: Broadway Plays

    New York Mini-Reviews 2025 p4: Broadway Plays

    I usually focus on seeing Broadway musicals over plays, mainly for the spectacle, but also because Broadway plays seem to offer less bang for the many bucks you spend. But these three were the highlights of my trip.

  • New York Mini-Reviews 2025 p3: Broadway Musicals

    New York Mini-Reviews 2025 p3: Broadway Musicals

    Audra! Idina! Nicole! New musicals! Revivals! Adaptations! There’s a bit of everything… except jukeboxes. No jukeboxes.

  • New York Mini-Reviews p4: The Plays

    New York Mini-Reviews p4: The Plays

    I actually DID buy a very expensive ticket to see Robert Downey Jr’s Broadway debut in McNeal, but after the mediocre reviews I decided to sell the ticket and use that money to pay for three other shows. A move I’m still happy about. 

  • London: The Cine-theatre

    London: The Cine-theatre

    Stranger Things: The First Shadow ★★★★ / The Picture of Dorian Gray ★★★★★ / Opening Night ★★ / ABBA: Voyage ★★★★. The collision of technology and the stage is nothing new but across all the shows I saw in London, a few used the blend of cameras, screens and live performance better than others.

  • 48hrs on Broadway

    48hrs on Broadway

    An utterly insane weekend in New York, coinciding with New York Pride weekend, really saw me burning the candles at both ends – trying to pack in as many shows as I could, plus visit some galleries, plus see friends. Having to narrow down all of the theatre on in New York to just four…

  • 2 Weeks & 10 Shows in LA & NYC

    2 Weeks & 10 Shows in LA & NYC

    I managed to squeeze nine (well, technically 10) shows into a recent holiday to the United States. A week in Los Angeles (yes, I went to L.A. and watched theatre), and a week in New York provided a lot of chances to see shows and friends. But mainly shows… 2:22: A Ghost Story ★★★1/2 The…