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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Location: Princeton, New Jersey, United States

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.

Sunday, April 10, 2011

Good People, a play by David Lindsay-Abaire, starring Frances McDormand and Estelle Parsons at the Manhattan Theatre Club Samuel J. Friedman Theatre. From the writer of the taut and superb "Rabbit Hole" comes this finely wrought and intriguing play, a terrific vehicle for the great Frances McDormand. The acting by the entire ensemble which inclues the legendary Estelle Parsons, is excellent, the direction by Daniel Sullivan predictably pitch perfect. This will get lots of nominations and maybe the top awards as well. Broadway Bridge and Tunnel Test grade A-

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