Last night, Daddy Long Legs, an off-Broadway musical, made theater history by live streaming its entire performance. The musical itself is a very sweet little show based on a novel from 1912. Like the book, the musical is told in letters that Jerusha (the main character) writes to a man she calls “Daddy Long Legs”. Daddy Long Legs is a trustee of the orphanage in which Jerusha has grown up. He decided to pay for her way through college after seeing her academic work and speaking with her teachers. His
Based on the book Thérèse Raquin by Emile Zola, Roundabout Theater’s stage production, starring Kiera Knightly, is not quite as good as it could have been. The basic plot line of Thérèse Raquin is enthralling. Therese Raquin is a young woman born to a seafaring father and Algerian chieftain’s daughter, but raised by her father’s prim sister alongside a sickly boy cousin. She is made to marry him when she turns 21, and it is a loveless, stifling marriage. Thérèse yearns to be free. Thérèse, her husband-cousin, Camille, and her aunt, move from their small French
Friends, advertising really does work. After seeing an ad that was full of gushing reviews for Fool for Love, I quickly bought my ticket. It was, much to my disappointment, a bit overrated. Note: Spoilers ahead! If you are not familiar with this revival of Fool for Love (written in 1983) and don’t want the plot ruined, don’t read the next paragraph and skip to the very end. Eddie and May have had an on-again, off-again relationship for fifteen years. They met in high school and are now in their 30s. Eddie,
“My name is Barry Allen. And I am the fastest man alive. When I was a child I saw my mother killed by something impossible. My father went to prison for her murder. Then an accident made me the impossible. To the outside world I am an ordinary forensic scientist, but secretly I use my speed to fight crime and find others like me. And one day, I’ll find who killed my mother and get justice for my father. I am the Flash.” — Barry Allen After hearing Barry Allen’s