Author: Stanford Friedman

Sondheim Unplugged

Posted by Stanford Friedman | Apr 3, 2019 | Reviews

A blend of classic show-stoppers and deep cuts, from a mix of Broadway up-and-comers and actors whose Sondheim credits date back to the 1970’s.

After

Posted by Stanford Friedman | Mar 18, 2019 | Reviews

A debate over high school bullying takes a brutal leap that not only wrecks the lives of all involved, but essentially damns the act of parenting all together.

Merrily We Roll Along

Posted by Stanford Friedman | Feb 22, 2019 | Reviews

Sondheim’s midlife crisis musical. A little embarrassing to be around when it tries to be something it’s not, but a comfortable companion when it settles down to business.

The Play That Goes Wrong

Posted by Stanford Friedman | Feb 21, 2019 | Reviews

If it is cliché to say that a show has non-stop laughs, then this show is cliché in the extreme. If it is pat to say that this play lives up to its title, rarely have a talented crew of actors and technicians so seamlessly joined forces to make a ridiculously wrong piece of theater feel so very right.

Eddie and Dave

Posted by Stanford Friedman | Jan 23, 2019 | Reviews

A quasi bio satire of Eddie Van Halen and David Lee Roth and the rise of their supergroup,Van Halen, in the MTV heyday of the 1980s. The 37 short scenes go fleeting by with so few laughs, so little gravitas and virtually no variance in tone.