Jon Magaril – Curtain Up
Broadway is commonly viewed as a middle-of-the-road mecca for lite, tourist-friendly fare. But a surprisingly significant number of current smash hit musicals focus on singing revolutionaries battling stinging oppression. Elphaba defies the the duplicitous Wizard and Miss Morrible; Jean Valjean, France’s Orleanist monarchy; and Elder Price, the Ugandan despot General Butt-Fucking Naked. The most inspiring of these rebels with a tuneful cause is the youngest, Matilda Wormwood. Read more…
Now running through July 20.