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Hello, Dolly!
By Marc Miller · Jun 11, 2006 · New Jersey
Tovah Feldshuh is a tad too conscientious -- and extremely Irish -- in the Paper Mill Playhouse's uneven revival of the classic, crowd-pleasing Jerry Herman musical.
Carnival
By Michael Portantiere · Mar 22, 2006 · New Jersey
Theatergoers and critics who have deplored the high-handed treatment of American musicals (and plays!) by Brits of questionable talent should attend the Paper Mill Playhouse production of Carnival for...
2 Lives
By Michael Portantiere · Oct 25, 2005 · New Jersey
As was the case with Lee Blessing's Thief River, one admires Arthur Laurents' newish play 2 Lives for the fact that it deals with a long-term relationship between two older gay men even while regretti...
The Baker's Wife
By Michael Portantiere · Apr 20, 2005 · New Jersey
The Paper Mill Playhouse production of this problematic but frequently stunning musical must be seen and heard.
The Bells
By David Finkle · Mar 29, 2005 · New Jersey
If you peruse the program before The Bells begins and read Theresa Rebeck's bio, you'll notice it mentions that the playwright received a PhD in Victorian melodrama. Hmm, you may think, why this refer...
The Drawer Boy
By David Finkle · Mar 6, 2005 · New Jersey
Here's a brief literary brain-teaser: What do you get when you cross Edith Wharton's Ethan Frome with John Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men? Well, you get something very like Michael Healey's The Drawer B...
Harold & Maude: The Musical
By David Finkle · Jan 10, 2005 · New Jersey
The first sign of trouble with the musical adaptation of Harold & Maude comes immediately after the amusing opening scene wherein the fresh-faced eponymous lad puts his head through a thick noose that...
She Loves Me
By Matthew Murray · Nov 1, 2004 · New Jersey
For lush musical-comedy romanticism, it's hard to beat She Loves Me. There is a timeless magic about this 1963 show, which has a score by Jerry Bock and Sheldon Harnick and a book by Joe Masteroff. F...
Of Thee I Sing
By Matthew Murray · Sep 13, 2004 · New Jersey
"Political theater" means different things to different people -- and, in this particular election year, it seems to be all about bashing the George W. Bush administration. My personal idea of effecti...
Guys and Dolls
By Matthew Murray · Jun 14, 2004 · New Jersey
Has there ever been a more perfect musical comedy than Guys and Dolls? If so, I'm hard pressed to identify it. With a book by Jo Swerling and Abe Burrows and a score by Frank Loesser, it seems like t...
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