Half Time. Paper Mill Playhouse, June 2018.
The idea for this new musical seemed promising. New Jersey’s pro basketball team recruits old people to stage a halftime dance routine. The team’s marketing department thinks it will be amusing, but the seniors take things quite seriously.
I can relate. When my son was in the University of …
Disney’s Aladdin on tour. Academy of Music in Philadelphia, through July 1, 2018.
The most cheerful of all Disney theatrical properties is Aladdin. It’s a feel-good, smile-on-your-face show with elaborate production numbers and an exceptionally tuneful sore by Alan Menken.
The creative team was challenged by how to equal Robin Williams’s iconic interpretation of …