Broadway Review: The Height of the Storm
Going to the theater is a unique experience. The viewer must always be aware of what happens on stage and have great suspension of disbelief, since most of the time the imagination should help us […]
Going to the theater is a unique experience. The viewer must always be aware of what happens on stage and have great suspension of disbelief, since most of the time the imagination should help us […]
A man pretends to be a woman to get a job. That’s Tootsie in a nutshell. The 1982 movie, starring Dustin Hoffman, is a classic and a very funny and entertaining story. But it was made in […]
What does the Constitution mean to me? I had never actually thought much about the constitution before going to law school in Brazil. While there, we had four years of classes studying the 1988 Brazilian […]
Hearing the words “Why can’t a woman be more like a man?” during My Fair Lady always makes the audience laugh – at least that had been my experience in the past. Watching it in […]
A musical about the aftermath of 9/11 doesn’t sound very exciting. However, Come From Away is surprisingly uplifting and inspiring. Completely sung-through, Come From Away follows the journey of passengers on September 11, 2001, after […]
On March 22, Frozen, the newest Disney musical on Broadway, opened in New York. After the worldwide success of the 2013 animation, it is no surprise that the story has been adapted for the theater, […]
More often than not, musicals tend to be categorized as “silly” or “for entertainment only” by those who clearly are not familiar with the genre. Especially on Broadway, this couldn’t be farther from the truth. […]
Ever since I moved to New York in mid-2015, I had a goal: to watch Hamilton, the musical that even Obama had gone to see on Broadway. Since then, the musical only grew: it’s sold […]
Before going to the theater, I read the play’s synopsis and thought it would be kind of a romance, after all, it is a reunion of a couple that hadn’t seen each other for 15 […]
If you’ve liked the movie with Jack Black, you’ll probably enjoy this musical version too! It’s like going to a rock concert on Broadway! The children on stage actually play the instruments, which makes […]