MAY 2013

NEW ADDITIONS

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Next Dave's Gone By radio show:

Sat, May 25, 10am-1pm(MT) live on uncradio.com, #424: "Plain & Fancy" - Featuring: Fancy Nancy - The Musical authors SUSAN DILALLO & DANNY ABOSCH.  Plus: Inside Broadway, Bob Dylan - Sooner & Later, Saturday Segues & Rabbi Sol's Rabbinical Reflection (Angelina Jolie).

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Upcoming DGB Guests: 6/1: Gary U.S. Bonds, 6/8: Tony Awards Special, 6/15: James Shapiro.

RECENT ARCHIVE ADDITIONS

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Listen to Dave’s Gone By episode 423 (aired 5/18/13): "Styling Moose" - Featuring: Dave chats with Moose Murders playwright ARTHUR BICKNELL. Plus: Inside Broadway, Bob Dylan - Sooner & Later (the office), Saturday Segue (flops) & Rabbi Sol on the IRS tax scandal.

 

TotalTheater reviews & articles

NEW IN PERIODICA

Can't Silence Silence! The Musical (auth: Ellis Nassour, 1/13)
Janie Minick: Taylor Made (auth: Rita Faye Smith, 5/13)
Melissa Hall: Making a Theater Blog Count in Indianapolis (auth: Charles Giuliano, 4/13)
Rehashing Regional Theater: How Many Clybournes Must We Park? (auth: Charles Giuliano, 3/13)
Shonn Wiley - On his Toes (auth: Michael Portantiere, 5/13)

NEW IN CRITICOPIA

BROADWAY REVIEWS

Annie (rev: Richmond Shepard, Palace Theater, Broadway, NY, open run)
Annie (rev: Ellis Nassour, Palace Theater, Broadway, NY, open run)
The Assembled Parties (rev: David Lefkowitz, MTC at Samuel J. Friedman Theater, Broadway, NY, to 6/2/13)
The Book of Mormon (rev: Richmond Shepard, Eugene O'Neill Theater, Broadway, NY, open run)
Chicago (rev: David Lefkowitz, Ambassador Theater, Broadway, NY, open run)
Cinderella (rev: Richmond Shepard, Broadway Theater, Broadway, NY, open run)
Cinderella (rev: David Lefkowitz, Broadway Theater, Broadway, NY, open run)
Cinderella (rev: Glenn Loney, Broadway Theater, Broadway, NY, open run)
I'll Eat You Last (rev: Elizabeth Ahlfors, Booth Theater, Broadway, NY, to 6/30/13)
I'll Eat You Last (rev: Richmond Shepard, Booth Theater, Broadway, NY, to 6/30/13)
Jersey Boys (rev: Richmond Shepard, August Wilson Theater, Broadway, NY, open run)
Kinky Boots (rev: Elizabeth Ahlfors, Al Hirschfeld Theater, Broadway, NY, open run)
Kinky Boots (rev: Richmond Shepard, Al Hirschfeld Theater, Broadway, NY, open run)
Kinky Boots (rev: Glenn Loney, Al Hirschfeld Theater, Broadway, NY, open run)
The Lion King (rev: Simon Saltzman, New Amsterdam Theater, Broadway, NY, open run)
The Lion King (rev: Ellis Nassour, New Amsterdam Theater, Broadway, NY, open run)
The Lion King (rev: David Lefkowitz, New Amsterdam Theater, Broadway, NY, open run)
Lucky Guy (rev: Elizabeth Ahlfors, Broadhurst Theater, Broadway, NY, to 7/3/13)
Mamma Mia! (rev: Richmond Shepard, Winter Garden Theater, Broadway, NY, open run)
Mamma Mia! (rev: David Lefkowitz, Winter Garden Theater, Broadway, NY, open run)
Mamma Mia! (rev: Jeannie Lieberman, Winter Garden Theater, Broadway, NY, open run)
Matilda (rev: Elizabeth Ahlfors, Shubert Theater, Broadway, NY, open run)
Matilda (rev: Richmond Shepard, Shubert Theater, Broadway, NY, open run)
The Nance (rev: Elizabeth Ahlfors, Lyceum Theater, Broadway, NY, to 8/11/13)
The Nance (rev: Richmond Shepard, Lyceum Theater, Broadway, NY, to 8/11/13)
Newsies (rev: Richmond Shepard, Nederlander Theater, Broadway, NY. open run)
Nice Work if You Can Get It (rev: Herbert M. Simpson, Broadway, NY, to 6/15/13)
The Phantom of the Opera (rev: David Lefkowitz, Majestic Theater, Broadway, NY, open run)
Pippin (rev: Elizabeth Ahlfors, Music Box Theater, Broadway, NY, open run)
Pippin (rev: Richmond Shepard, Music Box Theater, Broadway, NY, open run)
Rock of Ages (rev: Richmond Shepard, Helen Hayes Theater, Broadway, NY, open run)
Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark (rev: Richmond Shepard, Hilton Theater, Broadway, NY, open run)
The Trip to Bountiful (rev: Richmond Shepard, Stephen Sondheim Theater, Broadway, NY, to 9/1/13)
Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike (rev: David Lefkowitz, John Golden Theater, Broadway, NY, to 6/30/13)
Wicked (rev: David Lefkowitz, Gershwin Theater, Broadway, NY, open run)
Wicked (rev: Steve Cohen, Gershwin Theater, Broadway, NY, open run)

OFF & OFF-OFF-BROADWAY REVIEWS

Blue Man Group (rev: David Lefkowitz, Astor Place Theater, off-Broadway, NY, open run)
Old Hats (rev: David Lefkowitz, Signature Theater, off-Broadway, NY, to 6/9/13)
Old Jews Telling Jokes (rev: Scott L. Bennett, Jr., Westside Theater, off-Broadway, NY, open run)

REGIONAL THEATER REVIEWS

Annapurna (rev: Willard Manus, Odyssey Theater, Los Angeles, CA, to 6/9/13)
The Fabulous Palm Springs Follies (rev: Anne Siegel, Palm Springs, CA, to 5/26/13)
Joe Turner's Come and Gone (rev: Willard Manus, Mark Taper Forum, Los Angeles, CA, to 6/9/13)
The Last Night of Ballyhoo (rev: Rita Faye Smith, ICT, Irving, TX, to 6/1/13)
A Midsummer Night's Dream (rev: Herbert M. Simpson, Geva, Rochester, NY, to 6/2/13)
The Mystery of Irma Vep (rev: Anne Siegel, Next Act Theater, Milwaukee, WI, to 5/26/13)
One Night with Janis Joplin (rev: Anne Siegel, Milwaukee Rep, Milwaukee, WI, to 6/2/13)
Venus in Fur (rev: Herbert M. Simpson, Geva Theater, Rochester, NY, to 6/2/13)

 

HUMOR

WATCH ON YOUTUBE: Rabbi Sol Solomon's Rabbinical Reflection #67 (posted 5/19/13) - Tax Evasion

RABBI SOL SOLOMON'S BLOG

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