Friday, January 22, 2010

Miami University

Hamlet By William Shakespeare (produced 2009)

"Michael Grandage expertly guides a talented cast, dressed in oh-so-appropriate, but elegant funereal black through the tragedy that unfolds in the walls of a grand, but bleak castle set (Christopher Oram, set and costume design)."
http://reflectionsinthelight.blogspot.com/2009/10/theater-review-hamlet-with-jude-law.html

"Hamlet is an absolutely cracking psychological thriller"
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/culturecritics/charlesspencer/5442250/Hamlet-at-Wyndhams-Theatre---review.html


Some Enchanted Evening: The Songs of Rodgers and Hammerstein Concept by Jeffrey B. Moss for Jerry Kravat Entertainment (produced 2009)

"this is truly a jukebox musical"
http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=235407

"... you're enjoying yourself as you hear the classics from the Golden Age of the Musical."
http://huntsville.about.com/library/blenchantedevening.htm

“It would be nice to say that the show lives up to its title, but the lackluster cabaret concept, developed by Jeffrey B. Moss, trips over the sheer volume of material.” http://www.nytimes.com/1992/11/29/nyregion/theater-review-pastiche-of-rodgers-and-hammerstein.html?pagewanted=1


Almost, Maine By John Cariani (produced 2010)

"a gentle comedy"
http://jam.canoe.ca/Theatre/Reviews/A/Almost_Maine/2007/10/20/4590905-sun.html

"A comedy comprising almost a dozen two-character vignettes exploring the sudden thunderclap of love and the scorched earth that sometimes follows, John Cariani's play will evoke either awww's or ick's, depending on your affection for its whimsical approach to the joys and perils of romance."
http://theater.nytimes.com/2006/01/16/theater/reviews/16main.html

"a romantic comedy"
http://www.dispatch.com/live/content/local_news/stories/2009/02/06/review_almost_maine.html?type=rss&cat=&sid=101


Baby with the Bathwater By Christopher Durang (produced 2010)

"surreal satire"
http://inkpot.com/theatre/99reviews/99revbabybath.html

"a dark comedy"
http://www.sandiegoplaybill.com/reviews/reviews_babywiththebathwater_nonsense.html


Rent Book, Music, and Lyrics by Jonathan Larson (produced 2010)

"a landmark rock opera"
http://tech.mit.edu/V119/N29/Theater-_Rent.29a.html

"an average musical."
http://www.londontheatre.co.uk/londontheatre/reviews/rent01.htm


The Winter's Tale by William Shakespeare (produced 2008)

“But with his late dramas like The Winter's Tale, now at BAM as part of The Bridge Project, Shakespeare entered his own maturity, promoting forgiveness.”
http://www.theatermania.com/off-broadway/reviews/02-2009/the-winters-tale_17640.html

"It begins as a stark tragedy, morphs into a bucolic comedy..."
http://jam.canoe.ca/Theatre/Reviews/W/The_Winters_Tale/2007/07/05/4314331.html


You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown by Clark Gesner (produced 2009)

"the most-performed musical in the history of American theater"
http://www.cadytech.com/chanticleers/review/1992/youre_a_good_man_charlie_brown.php

"whimsical musical"
http://tenttheatre.missouristate.edu/news/id=6.html


Dog Sees God: Confessions of a Teenage Blockhead by Bert V. Royal (produced 2009)

"satirical comedy"
http://www.showbizradio.net/2009/11/30/review-lta-dog-sees-god/

"commits the cardinal sin of parodies"
http://www.talkinbroadway.com/ob/12_14_05.html


Hello, Dolly! by Jerry Herman (produced 2009)

"A musical that traded on nostalgia when it was new..."
http://theater.nytimes.com/2006/06/13/theater/reviews/13doll.html

"I am not usually a fan of musicals but there is something irresistible about Tim Sheader’s production of this erstwhile Broadway favourite about an irrepressible widow turned matchmaker."
http://www.artshub.co.uk/uk/news-article/reviews/performing-arts/theatre-review-hello-dolly-open-air-theatre-178923


The Fantasticks book and lyrics by Tom Jones and music by Harvey Schmidt. (produced 2007)

"In a small Off-Broadway theatre a musical opened that would set the record as the longest-running show in New York."
http://blogcritics.org/culture/article/theatre-review-la-the-fantasticks-by/

"... the world's longest running musical"
http://fresnobeehive.com/2009/03/theater_review_87.html

"a smash-hit micromusical"
http://dctheatrescene.com/2009/12/02/the-fantasticks-3/