Broadway isn’t just humming along; it’s singing at the top of its lungs. Having just returned from a theater blitz, it was all worthwhile. Advance planning certainly helped.
Italia! The name conjures romance, old-world glory, elaborate icing-topped monuments, and film and television references, which for me are impossible to escape.
“The Penguin Lessons” is based on the true-life adventure of Tom Michell, a disillusioned and cynical Englishman who opted for what he thought would be an easy road, a job at a prestigious English boarding school halfway around the world in Buenos Aires.
“Sondheim’s Old Friends,” now playing at the Ahmanson Theatre in its pre-Broadway run, will make you want to get up and sing and dance with the marvelous cast on stage.
“Noises Off,” a farce in three acts by Michael Frayn, is a play within a play within a play that pokes loving fun at regional productions in towns no one has ever heard of.