BY SANDY STAGGSDRAMA CRITIC Channing. Streisand. Midler. And now Buckley. These are the icons we associate with that indelible, vivacious matriarch and matchmaker Dolly Gallagher Levi over the decades since Thornton Wilder’s farce was turned into a musical play that...
An Emotional Triumph of the Human Spirit! BY SANDY STAGGSDRAMA CRITIC Every American distinctly remembers where they were and what they were doing on the morning of September 11, 2001. The emotional wallop of a musical “Come From Away” now...
The 2019-2020 Broadway season at the Peace Center is the biggest yet, with a record 11 shows, including the 2018 Tony Award® winners for Best Musical (The Band’s Visit) and Best Revival of a Musical (Once on This Island). The season offers journeys of hope and wonder, characters who...
BY SANDY STAGGSDRAMA CRITIC BY SANDY STAGGSDRAMA CRITIC Warning: Spoilers & mature language in this review. It’s not often I, as a theatre critic, have the opportunity to use foul language in my reviews. So I take particular pride in...
BY SANDY STAGGSDRAMA CRITIC “A Bronx Tale” may be set in the rough-and-rumble Bronx of the 1960s, but this autobiographical story by Chazz Palminteri adapted from his one-man show, though polished and thoroughly entertaining, and bustling with sentimentality. This version...
BY SANDY STAGGS DRAMA CRITIC The chandelier in “Phantom.” The Barricade in “Les Misérables.” The swimming pool in “Sunset Boulevard.” These are iconic special effects and set piece spectacles that audiences have come to expect from the blockbuster musicals of...
