It's time for a little spring planning. There are more than 20 plays and musicals to look out for on Broadway and Off Broadway over the next few months. Those listings, curated and written by Steven McElroy, are part of our Spring Preview of upcoming live performances. |
Also on that list: Jessica Chastain in Jamie Lloyd and Amy Herzog's adaptation of "A Doll's House," now in previews at the Hudson Theater, where it is set to open March 9. The play has been "stripped down to its barest essentials," Alexandra Alter reports, adding that "Chastain seems to relish the challenge." (And that comes through in Thea Traff's gorgeous portraits of Chastain.) |
Reflecting on her Broadway debut 10 years ago in "The Heiress," Chastain said: "I don't feel the angst and the fear that I did the last time I was onstage. Now I feel like I've put in a lot of work, and I feel like I've carved a place for myself in the industry. People know I work hard." |
On the musical theater front, Jesse Green looks at upcoming revivals with a shared moral dilemma: The image makeover given to political figures (like Imelda Marcos in "Here Lies Love" and Eva Perón in "Evita") and folkloric heroes (like King Arthur in "Camelot") who may not deserve it. "By applying the powerful tools of the form to darker and more dangerous figures," Jesse wrote in his essay, "those figures are literally given greater voice, forcing us to consider the ways in which they are humans even if they may also be monsters." |
If you're still thinking about our recent call out for cast album recommendations, here are a couple more suggestions. Vanessa Bak said she saw "13" on Broadway for her 14th birthday. "My friends and I will still sing the songs when we all hang out together," she wrote. "Fourteen years later this musical is still a point of bonding for us, and the music is just fun!" (Nancy Coleman recently wrote about that coming-of-age musical.) |
Larry Spinelli wrote about his extensive CD collection. "I love having the physical artwork and liner notes, which add to the experience," he wrote. "Nothing makes me smile more than the Pearl Bailey cast recording of "Hello, Dolly!" because she was incomparable and it was my first Broadway musical!" |
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