Monthly Archives: December 2019

New York Gilbert & Sullivan Players: Doing What They Do Best!

Posted on December 31, 2019 by Philip Leave a comment

Want to be like the New York Gilbert & Sullivan Players? Just pick a niche-market art form and become a world-class expert at it. Founded in 1974, NYGASP’s performance-ready repertory of all thirteen of the writing team’s extant Savoy Operas … Continue reading →

Blog, NY Theater, Off Broadway

‘Swallow it down’ (“Jagged Little Pill”) ‘It feels so good’

Posted on December 16, 2019 by Philip Leave a comment

A conundrum/problem/challenge: How to describe a Broadway musical that pretty much exceeds familiar superlatives in pretty much all its facets. Well, let’s try, by first thanking Alanis Morrisette for resisting entreaties over the past two decades to turn her 1995 … Continue reading →

Blog, Broadway, NY Theater

Dad is getting on in years: “Harry Townsend’s Last Stand”

Posted on December 5, 2019 by Philip Leave a comment

If it is true, as often stated, that there are only seven basic plots from which all plays are derived, one of the seven certainly involves conflicted parent-offspring relationships. Think “King Lear” and “Death of a Salesman” for prototypes. While … Continue reading →

Blog, NY Theater, Off Broadway