If the sensibilities of Elling remind you of a quirky, feel-good foreign film, complete with a final snapshot photo of all the characters that would display itself just before the end credits.........that's because it's exactly what Elling is. The 2001 Norwegian comedy (adapted from a novel) was nominated for Best Foreign Language Film at the 2002 Academy Awards. I haven't seen the movie, but based on this very closely… Continue

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The holiday season is once again upon us, bringing its good cheer and annual Christmas-themed limited Broadway engagements. Hot on the heels of recent-year mixed successes such as How The Grinch Stole Christmas and Irving Berlin's White Christmas, we now have the very hip and very modern Elf, based on the Jon Favreau-helmed 2003 film of the same name. Continue

In these dark days of musical theatre in which audiences inexplicably continue to feed their hard-earned dollars to the almighty Box of Juke, the legitimately original score is now as elusive as the rare Ghost Orchid was to John Laroche in The Orchid Thief (and in its wonderful film adaptation, Adaptation.). Even shows that once had original scores are now augmented with additional, more popularly recognized numbers, a la the inclusion of "I Say A Little Prayer"… Continue

Well, they certainly got the title right. This show is indeed worthy of a double "bloody." "Bloody Andrew Jackson" wouldn't even begin to do justice to the amount of blood that is drawn, bathed and basked in, and stained permanently on the clothing of its title character. Oh, also, I think it's a metaphor too. Continue