Marshall in the Pulitzer Prize‐winning play by D.L. Innaurato's menagerie,” (Kerr) Little, 240 W. “Under Peter Mark Schif ter's direction, a thoroughly sound and sensitive company does ample lustice to Mr. With Dennis Bailey, Carol Potter, Reed Birney, Dick Boccelli, Jessica James, Jonathan Madam Anne DeSalvo. GEMINI‐Albert Innaurato's comedy about an Italian family in South Philadelphia, whose son is confused about his sexual orientation. “It is the closeness, the intimacy and the specificity of the revelations that make the play so tangible and so poignant.” (Gussow) Booth, 222 W. Directed by Oz Scott, with a cast of seven. (CI 6‐6363)įOR COLORED GIRLS WHO HAVE CONSIDERED SUICIDE/WHEN THE RAINBOW IS ENUF‐Ntozake Shange's play, based an the author's poetry. “Spacious, spidery, surprisingly sensual,” but “the parodistic locus doesn't hold.” (Kerr) Martin Beck, 302 W. Directed by Dennis Rosa, with sets and costumes by Edward Gorey. (Cl 6‐4636)ĭRACULA‐Frank Langella stars in the 1927 play by John Balderston and Hamilton Dean based on the Bram Stoker novel. “An absolute knockout.” (Kerr) A “confused and ultimately depressing effort to construct a witty murder play.” (Eder) Music Box, 239 W. (CI 66699)ĭEATHTRAP‐A suspense thriller by Ira Levin, starring John Wood as a writer of thrillers for the theater. “Every move that Is made is accomplished … But musical‐comedy dancing, in isolation, isn't really enough.” (Kerr) Broadhurst, 235 W. (CI 64230)ĭANCIN'‐A musical entertainment tealuring 16 dancers and the music of Cat Stevens, Neil Diamond, Bach and John Philip Sousa, among others. “The richest and wisest new play we've been offered this year.” (Kerr) Morosco, 217 W. (CI 6.5990)ĭA‐Hugh Leonard's Tony‐winning comedy about a son's need to come to terms with his father, starring Barnard Hughes and Brian Murray. A simple falling into place took my breath away.” (Kerr) Shubert, 225 W.44th St. “Stunning in both its economy and its force. (CO 5‐2412)Ī CHORUS LINE‐Michael Bennett's new style musical about the life and Simon has simply failed to dramatize the center, the heart and soul, of his play.” (Kerr) Imperial, 249 W.4Sth St. “There remains a lot of honest laughter in ‘Chapter Two,’ “ but “Mr. David Groh, Anita Gillette, Ann Wedgeworth and Dick Latessa star. (C16‐4271)ĬHAPTER TWO‐Neil Simon's autobiographical play about a widowed writer entering into a new love relationship. Forsythe as a triplethreat fellow.” (Kerr) 46th Street, 226 W.46th St. “An erratic and ambling, if sleekly produced, business, memorable mainly for its introduction of Mr. Masterson and Tommy Tune with Henderson Forsythe.

THE BEST LITTLE WHOREHOUSE IN TEXAS‐A musical about the political furor created over the closing of a brothel in a small Texas town. “An ingratiating enough affair, if you don't take it too seriously.” (Rockwell) winter Garden, 1634 Bway, at Seth St.

(PL 7‐8646)īEATLEMANIA‐A two‐hour half‐concert, half‐theatrical event that blends sequence of Beatles songs played by imitation Beatles, with a slide show depicting events of the 1960's. We're forthrightly invited to lose our minds at the Alvin, and that‐reluctantly at first, then helplessly‐is what we do.” (Kerr) Alvin, 250 W. “An old legend is made into a new one, straight‐faced, boldly implausible at any level. Shelley Bruce, Reid Shelton and Dorothy Loudon star. Book by Thomas Meehan, music by Charles Strouse, lyrics by Martin Charnin, who also is director. (C16‐5439)ĪNNIE‐A musical inspired by the comic strip “Little Orphan Annie,” in which Annie becomes the symbol of the Great Depression and Franklin D. It “has a first act that wilt knock your ears off and second that will come back for the rest of you.” (Kerr) Longacre, 220 W. AIN'T MISBEHAVIW‐The Tony Awardwinning musical salute to Fats Waller, directed by Richard Maltby Jr.

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