460 stories by "Jacob Malizio"
Welcome to Santa Carla. Perfect weather. Beautiful beaches. And a charming boardwalk…as long as you ignore all the “missing” posters. When Lucy (two-time Tony Award® nominee Shoshana …
When the musical version of “The Lost Boys,” written by David Hornsby and Chris Hoch, with score and lyrics by the Rescues, nails its combination of goofiness and grandeur… Still, the …
The musical channels the 80s maximalism of the movie in Dane Laffrey’s elaborate, towering sets and Jen Schriever’s gorgeous, cinematic lighting design… Those elements, along with Mark…
David Hornsby and Chris Hoch have written a muscular yet cheeky book that pays homage to the film, retains choice comedic moments (“Death by stereo!”), and ditches dated material in exch…
The creative team behind The Lost Boys musical, along with a terrific cast, seem to have figured out how, exactly, to adapt the horror genre to the stage, and, yes, it has much to do with ad…
This stunner of a show, based on the Joel Schumacher film, is a solid theatrical transformation, rich in imagination, humor and heart — and with spectacular special effects.
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A show this big has so many metrics for evaluation that it’s possible to find ways to hate it and love it, marvel at it and disdain it at the same time. Ultimately, when this kind of scale…
The Lost Boys is a big and bold production marrying technical enchantment with a talented cast of vocal heavyweights. Even if a few elements of this vampire love story remain a bit undercook…
Director Michael Arden and scenic designer Dane Laffrey, whose past collaborations include Maybe Happy Ending and A Christmas Carol, have again created a world we’ve never seen onstage bef…
“The Lost Boys” doesn’t know what it wants to be: a shocker, a tear-jerker or a parody. We’re supposed to find the vampire gang frightening, but at one point Arden sends Ronald Reaga…
Set in Pittsburgh in 1911 during a pivotal era of migration and transformation, Joe Turner’s Come and Gone centers on Seth and Bertha Holly (Cedric and Henson) who run a warm, orderly boar…
So whatever my quibbles, you must try to see “Joe Turner’s Come and Gone,” because this one play is the key to Wilson’s deep mystery, which is, in itself, the key to the American the…
Contemplative in tone, it is certainly one of Wilson’s quieter works. Yet the play probably shouldn’t feel like an extended chill-out session, as it frequently does in Debbie Allen’s n…
Regardless, there’s plenty here to ensure that audiences will recognize the preeminence of Wilson’s writing, even without flawless execution of the play’s slow-burn tension. Cedric and…
Bursting with heart and humor, the production showcases all of the intricacies and beauty of Black American life, the never-ending costs of slavery, racism and discrimination and how Black p…
Rare is the Broadway season that hasn’t been bettered by an August Wilson revival, and this very busy spring is no exception. Joe Turner’s Come and Gone, lovingly and astutely directed b…
You can keep going — Wilson’s poetry is richly layered, a dramaturgy of abundant significance. The roots are deep, the canopy wide, and the song in the leaves, especially in the hands of…
Allen’s staging doesn’t match the fine work she’s drawn from her actors, who are mostly confined to the kitchen table far stage left. This leaves the rest of the house – a cozy livin…
Almost without fail, the brilliance of August Wilson emerges even in mediocre stagings of his plays. That is the unshakable feeling at the revival of his “Joe Turner’s Come and Gone” t…
There are many wonderful exchanges as these seekers clash and sometimes connect. Even the small talk feels epic, and it all leads up to a searing climax that I recalled vividly from the last…
The Rocky Horror Show is the story of two squeaky clean college kids—Brad and his fiancée, Janet—on their way to visit their former college professor when by a twist of fate, their car …
[Luke Evans’] magnetism is off the charts: Pinkleton can, more or less, point him at the audience and fire him like a cannon. Evans towers over the rest of the cast in skyscraper boots, hi…
Solidly produced, this revival still feels like a missed opportunity to be the wild must-attend event of the season. It’s Rocky Horror at Studio 54 for crying out loud. If we can’t let l…
The halls of Studio 54 should be proud with the glittery whirlwind happening on stage eight times a week. It’s Sam Pinkleton to a tee, and boy is it fun. It’s a type of revival that will…
With immensely appealing performances from Luke Evans (yes, he most certainly can sing) as the sinister Frank-N-Furter, Rachel Dratch as the droll narrator quick with the audience repartee, …
