Review by Neal Newman March 24, 2024 BIG was a smash hit at the Bristol Riverside Theatre this Sunday afternoon. The audience, primarily young parents with preteens, loved almost every minute. The only grey head in the balcony was mine. This is just what the future of our current theater needs. BIG is theContinue reading “BIG at Bristol Riverside”
Monthly Archives: March 2024
THE LEHMAN TRILOGY at the Arden Theatre
Review by Neal Newman March 23, 2024 Why was the year 2008 such a financial disaster for the entire world? Why did a century-old bank like Lehman Brothers surprisingly fail and cease to exist? This is the conundrum explored in THE LEHMAN TRILOGY by Stefano Massini and extensively adapted by Ben Power, an associateContinue reading “THE LEHMAN TRILOGY at the Arden Theatre”
IT’S ONLY A PLAY at ACT II
Review by Neal Newman March 23, 2024 Act II Playhouse in Ambler has produced a near-perfect revival of IT’S ONLY A PLAY. Terrence McNally, who has written such esteemed works as THE RITZ, FRANKIE AND JOHNNY, and RAGTIME, has devised the takedown ultimate of the terrible business known as Broadway theater. After all, appearingContinue reading “IT’S ONLY A PLAY at ACT II”