A great Broadway revival can be an immensely compelling experience for obsessives and neophytes alike (see: Anything Goes). But the transfer of the Kennedy Center's production of Follies is less a great Broadway revival than a solid regional one. The score still shines and the key moments are all there, but awkwardly shoehorned into a drape-covered Marquis theater that comes off flat and cheap instead of grand and decayed. The ghosts of showgirls past who haunt the fictional Weismann Theater here seem less ethereal and menacing than bored, directionless and neutered.
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Too Many Mournings: Follies Returns To Broadway
Broadway Bounces Right Back
When the stagehands’ strike ended late Wednesday night, the general consensus was that not all Broadway productions would be able to pull it together in time for Thursday night re-openings. But as it turned out, all 27 strike-darkened shows were up and running last night, despite the challenges that larger productions faced after 19 dormant days. Chicago, for instance, had two stars joining the cast – Vincent Pastore and Aida Turturro of “The Sopranos” –...
Adopt a Furry New Yorker!
During the summers, city shelters see a spike in unwanted pets, and this year is no different. NYC's Animal Care & Control is "taking in 85 cats and kittens a day - up from about 50 a day just a few months ago," according to the Daily News. Animal Care & Control is worried they will have to start euthanizing adoptable cats and dogs, because they are, as director Richard Gentiles says, "being inundated." From the News:
Unlike the ASPCA, Humane Society and other shelters, Animal Care and Control cannot turn away any animal brought into its three shelters or left on the street.more ›
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