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.

Wednesday, November 11, 2009

The Understudy, a play by Theresa Rebeck at Roundabout's Laura Pels Theatre, starring Julie White. Because we've enjoyed several Theresa Rebeck plays such as "The Scene," "Waters Edge" and "Maritius" we had hoped that "The Understudy" would be better than the reviews. And it probably was. Playing a mercifully short 110 minutes, there was much to enjoy in this three hander, and the marvelous Julie White gives it her considerable all. But this was thin stuff, and it seemed longer than it was. Not a bad evening in the theater, but not worth a commute of any kind. Broadway Bridge and Tunnel Test Grade C+

posted by James Camner | 9:08 PM

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