Hayes Theatre, September 11 8/10 Don’t necessarily judge a musical by its soundtrack. The original Broadway cast recording of Bright Star suggested I was in for a long night. The music and lyrics, by Steve Martin and Edie Brickell, are in a bluegrass/country vein, evoking the setting in North Carolina’s…
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Belvoir St Theatre, September 10 8/10 I dreamt I attended the theatre on a torrentially rainy night, and saw a play based on Virginia Woolf’s Orlando, her fantastical character who effortlessly swaps and blurs gender, while living from 1588 until modernity. But rather than attempting to replicate Orlando, the play…
KXT on Broadway, September 4 5/10 What enticing premises for a play: punk-rock, intergenerational conflict and internet-spawned copyright conundrums. Add an actor of Zoe Carides’ credentials, live music and exchanges between in-person and on-screen performers, and The Bridge was packed with potential. The great ideas, alas, translated into a modest…