At Philadelphia’s Freedom Theater in 2004, Walter Dallas directed a musical about Jesus reviving the dead, Lazarus Unstoned. It was an exciting production. But soon afterwards, the company itself died. At least, for awhile. It was resurrected, but has only had sporadic productions since then.
Dallas is one of the theater world’s most respected directors and writers. He …
It’s pleasant nostalgia to think of the 1957 musical Jamaica as an example of golden-age Broadway. But that show’s problems were among the most convoluted and bitter in theater history. (It’s being revived at Freedom Theater in Philadelphia in June of 2016.)
This report is based on my conversations with three of the people who were involved.
The …