Brian Lipton
Writer and Editor at Freelance
Theater critic. Fashion journalist. General Hospital fanatic. NYC forever. He/Him
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1 week ago |
culturevulture.net | Brian Lipton
The composer-lyricist Adam Guettel clearly has a connection to characters who feel trapped – whether it be Clara, the twentysomething young woman “trapped” by her mental deficits in “The Light in the Piazza”; Kirsten, the introverted woman eventually “trapped” by her addiction to alcohol in “Days of Wine and Roses”; and, most literally, Floyd Collins, the real-life 37-year-old Kentucky cave explorer and budding entrepreneur who spends 17 days stuck underground with his foot caught beneath an...
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3 weeks ago |
culturevulture.net | Brian Lipton
Let’s face it: for decades, anything has been fair game these days as the source for a musical, from “Les Miserables” (based on Victor Hugo’s historical mega-novel) to “Heathers” and “Clueless” (based on “cult” classic films) to “Bat Boy” (based on a tabloid news story).
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3 weeks ago |
culturevulture.net | Brian Lipton
In a spring theater season already filled with movie stars on stage – Denzel, Jake, Andrew, Kieran – no one quite emits the megawattage of George Clooney.
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1 month ago |
culturevulture.net | Brian Lipton
In our topsy-turvy world, I am not sure I agree with the proclamation made in the “Buena Vista Social Club” that “there’s nothing a song can’t fix.” But should any question persist whether “music is the universal language of mankind,” all you need to do is head to the Schoenfeld Theater and take in this truly joyful musical to prove this age-old adage is true.
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1 month ago |
culturevulture.net | Brian Lipton
Depending on how many trips one has taken to New Orleans’ Elysian Fields – through numerous Broadway productions, an Oscar-winning movie, and award-winning television productions of Tennessee Williams’ “A Streetcar Named Desire” — it’s logical to have some misgivings about journeying there again! But trust me, it’s worth going to Brooklyn’s BAM Harvey Theatre, where the mostly splendid Almeida Theatre production of this landmark 1947 drama has landed for a limited run.
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