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Holiday Inn

Review, ——October 20, 2016 Tags: Broadway, Bryce Pinkham, Corbin Bleu, Holiday Inn, Irving Berlin, Musical, musical theater, Roundabout Theatre Company
Amanda Rose, Amy Van Norstrand, Barry Busby, Borris York, Bryce Pinkham, Caley Crawford, Catherine Ricafort, Corbin Bleu, Darien Crago, Drew Redington, Jennifer Foote, Jonalyn Saxer, Kevin Worley, Lee Wilkof, Lora Lee Gayer, Malik Akil, Matt Meigs, Megan Lawrence, Megan Sikora, Morgan Gao, Paige Williams, Parker Slaybaugh, Samantha Sturm, Shina Ann Morris, Travis Ward-Osborne, Victor Wisehart, Will Burton

It’s early in the year to blame a weight gain on the holidays, but after seeing Holiday Inn, the new Irving Berlin musical at Studio 54, I was afraid to step on the scale for fear some of the sweetness … Continue reading →

A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder

Review, ——May 25, 2014 Tags: A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder, Broadway, Musicals, Tony Awards
Bryce Pinkham, Jefferson Mays, Lauren Ward, Lisa O'Hare

As an avowed fan of “Downton Abbey,” I was very intrigued by the idea of A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder, a musical that had been described as “Downton Abbey” on acid. One of the reasons I appreciate “Downton … Continue reading →

Love’s Labour’s Lost

Review, ——August 15, 2013 Tags: Delacorte Theater, Love's Labour's Lost, Shakespeare, Shakespeare in the Park
Andrew Durand, Audrey Lynn Weston, Bradley Gibson, Bryce Pinkham, Caesar Samayoa, Charlie Pollock, Colin Donnell, Daniel Breaker, Jeff Hiller, Justin Levine, Kevin Del Aguila, Kimiko Glenn, Lucas Near-Verbrugghe, Maria Thayer, Michael R. Douglass, Patti Murin, Rachel Dratch, Rebecca Naomi Jones

Love is many things in this musical adaptation of Shakespeare’s Love’s Labour’s Lost – a gun, a game and most of all, a puzzlement. Written and directed by Alex Timbers and composed by Michael Friedman, this production in performances at … Continue reading →

Ghost

Review, ——April 29, 2012 Tags: Love Story, Musical
Bryce Pinkham, Cassie Leevy, Da’Vine Joy Randolph, Michael Balderrama, Richard Fleeshman, Tyler McGee

Lines are blurred at Ghost, the synthetic video game of a musical currently in performances at the Lunt-Fontanne Theater. These are not the lines between life and death, but rather between theater and film. This production, with with a book … Continue reading →

The Orphans’ Home Cycle Part 2: The Story of a Marriage

Review—February 23, 2010
Annalee Jefferies, Bill Heck, Bryce Pinkham, Devon Abner, Dylan Riley Snyde, Emily Robinson, Hallie Foote, James DeMarse, Jenny Dare Paulin, Justin Fuller, Lucas Caleb Rooney, Maggie Lacey, Pamela Payton-Wright, Pat Bowie, Stephen Plunkett, Virginia Kull

The Orphans’ Home Cycle Part 2: The Story of a Marriage “Home is where you hang your hat,” Ruth L. Yorck, wrote in 1948. It’s also been said that “home is where your heart is.” Countless statements have been made, … Continue reading →

The Orphans’ Home Cycle Part 3: The Story of a Family

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Annalee Jefferies, Bill Heck, Bryce Pinkham, Devon Abner, Dylan Riley Snyde, Emily Robinson, Hallie Foote, James DeMarse, Jenny Dare Paulin, Justin Fuller, Lucas Caleb Rooney, Maggie Lacey, Pamela Payton-Wright, Pat Bowie, Stephen Plunkett, Virginia Kull

The Orphans’ Home Cycle Part 3: The Story of a Family All good things must come to an end, as we are reminded poignantly in the third installment of Horton Foote’s The Orphans’ Home Cycle.” Part Three, “The Story of … Continue reading →