Broadway Bridge and Tunnel Test

The Broadway Bridge and Tunnel Test is our personal and highly opinionated Commuter's Guide to New York theater and cultural events, with an emphasis on Broadway and Off-Broadway theatrical productions. The test is simple: is an event worth the always expensive, time consuming, and too often horrendous struggle to commute to New York City from New Jersey, Long Island, Upstate New York or Connecticut? Only truly great or near-great performances and productions may meet this stiff challenge!

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James Camner is an antiquarian dealer of autographs, manuscripts and printed music and books of Opera, Classical Music, Theater, Dance, and Film, as well as a published author of more than 10 books on the performing arts including "How to Enjoy Opera" (Simon and Schuster), "The Great Opera Stars in Historic Photographs" (Dover), "Stars of American Musical Theater in Historic Photographs" (Dover - with Stanley Appelbaum); was for over 20 years a reviewer for Fanfare Magazine and has written feature articles and reviews for Opera News.

Saturday, November 21, 2009

Girl Crazy, a musical by George and Ira Gershwin. New York City Center Encores! Starring Ana Gasteyer and Wayne Knight, directed by Jerry Zaks. Jerry Zaks puts on a colorful show so this Girl Crazy not only sounded good, but it looks very good. The costumes are dazzling, the dancing was good, the show girls beautiful, and the orchestral playing led by Rob Fisher was just "fine and dandy" (to use the title of a hit musical of the same year, 1930, by George Gershwin's mistress Kay Swift, a work that cries out for Encores! treatment.) Sassy Gasteyer is game in the part Merman created while funnyman Wayne Knight probably gives the most complete performance in a role conceived for Bert Lahr (but created by Willie Howard). The chance to see this all time classic is not to be missed. Broadway Bridge and Tunnel Test Grade. B-

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