Four decades from now on the outskirts of Seoul, South Korea, the handsome and immaculately groomed Oliver (Darren Criss) spends his days contentedly confined to his stylish but tiny single-room apartment. He one-sidedly converses with his houseplant, HwaBoon (a far more amicable herbage than the man-eater Criss encountered Off-Broadway in Little Shop of Horrors), listens... Continue Reading →
This show is on fire – Theatre Review: Hell’s Kitchen (Public Theater, New York) ★★★★★
Even Before the show's exhilarating, propulsive opening ensemble number "The Gospel" is over, it is clear that this is going to be a special night. Alicia Keys' 12-years-in-the-making loosely autobiographical musical, Hell's Kitchen, with a book by Pulitzer Prize-finalist playwright Kristoffer Diaz, is a breathtaking triumph. No wonder a Broadway transfer from its extended sell-out... Continue Reading →
