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.

Friday, December 03, 2010

The Scottsboro Boys, a musical by Kander and Ebb, at the Lyceum Theater. Brilliantly directed and choreographed by Susan Stroman, this musical about the tragic Scottsboro Boys, nine young men who were railroaded by racial injustice in 1931 Alabama, written by the great Kander and Ebb, may be their enduring masterwork. It mind bendingly takes chances, framing the musical as a Minstrel Show which actually allows the choreographer to stage normally forbidden blackface dance routines that are dazzlingly disturbing entertainments. The performances led by the legendary John Cullum are astonishing, the dance routines the most spectacular to be seen on Broadway in a long time. The musical closes December 12. Do anything to see it. This is a seminal creation.
Broadway Bridge and Tunnel Test Grade A+

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