David: Bringing seven of the world’s foremost modern conjurers to the same stage, the touring production of The Illusionists (at the Ordway) is impressive. Undeniably, each of these skilled showmen has carefully crafted their larger than life stage personas to maximize…
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A Christmas Story the Musical at the Ordway
The Ordway is doing it up big this holiday season. “A Christmas Story the Musical†is a big show: big cast; big sets gliding on and off, and big production numbers that wow with a wink, as if to say, “We…
Anything Goes at the Ordway
Anything Goes (currently docked at the Ordway for a week, though May 12) hails from the early tradition of American musical theater, when musical plays mostly consisted of comic sketches interspersed with (often brilliant) songs. There are a few…
Billy Elliot The Musical at the Ordway
Billy Elliot The Musical (at the Ordway through Oct 14) is an example of how plays, like photographs, can lose clarity and intensity the farther from the original they stray. This Billy is a remount of a remount of a…
Joseph And The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat at The Ordway
Joseph And The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (at the Ordway, through Jan 2) tries so hard to make you love it. First, there are the colorfully dressed children (30 at least), bouncing balls and grinning with relentless cheerfulness. Then, naturally, there’s…