A gender|bending take on a Sondheim musical farce

A gender-bending take on a Sondheim musical farce

All get an appearance or two or five in Signature Theatre's “A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum,” a production most intriguing for ...

Gender-bending take on Sondheim musical farce has some ...

As Washington Post critic Peter Marks noted when Shakespeare Theatre Company produced the show a decade ago, it was at a 1962 Washington tryout ...

A gender-bending take on a Sondheim musical farce | DC ...

'A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum' at Signature Theatre has some welcome updates for 2024 but a bit too many antics. (9 Nov 2024, 05:04 am)

Zachary Pincus-Roth on X: "I reviewed a show that I liked, but I ...

I reviewed a show that I liked, but I wanted to like it more. Review | A gender-bending take on a Sondheim musical farce.

Zachary Pincus-Roth - The Washington Post

A gender-bending take on a Sondheim musical farce. “A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum” at Signature Theatre has some welcome updates for 2024 ...

How Company's Gender Reversal Goes Beyond Bobbie

In Marianne Elliott's Olivier-winning version of Stephen Sondheim and George Furth's musical about a bachelor named Bobby living in New York ...

'Some Like It Hot' on Broadway with gender-bending guys in disguise

Three times is the charm? A brand new musical version of the classic gender-bending movie comedy "Some Like It Hot" comes to Broadway.

"A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum" By Stephen ...

... music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, is a vibrant musical comedy that cleverly intertwines farce with sharp wit, showcasing the intricacies ...

Gender-Reversed 'Company' Recasts a Classic Sondheim Score ...

The sexual politics of 2024 are a far cry from what they were in 1970, when Stephen Sondheim wrote Company, arguably the first in a string ...

Company is the musical that made Sondheim's reputation. A new ...

One of Sondheim's most beloved shows appears on Broadway, now gender-swapped, just weeks after his death.

Stephen Sondheim Discusses a Gender-Swapped 'Company'

Days before he died, Stephen Sondheim and the director Marianne Elliott chatted about a Broadway revival of his 1970 musical. With a gender ...

Students Performing Gender with Sondheim's Musicals in the Age of ...

In 2018 Marianne Elliott's production of Company became the latest revisionist revival of a Sondheim musical. Recasting the beleaguered male bachelor Bobby as a ...

Naples take on 'Forum' twists the genders but puts the fun first

Gulfshore Playhouse has done some genderbending of the Stephen Sondheim musical to make most of its major male roles female and vice versa.

Broadway's Gender-Swapping Company Elevates Itself to Rises Up ...

She cringes and shies away from the argument, giving the gendered landscape the flip the musical needs to be relevant. ... And that is just the ...

Company revival thoughts : r/Sondheim - Reddit

I'm especially disappointed because I saw this with friends who I'd told how much I love this musical, and they're theater fans, and they ...

Gender and Sexuality on Broadway: You Oughta Know Better

In many ways Tootsie was its antithesis: a musical rooted entirely in transphobic man-in-a-dress jokes. In May of 2019, I wrote an essay for ...

GENDER-BENDING 'COMPANY' IMPROVES ON PERFECTION

Rosalie Craig stars as a female Bobby, rechristened Bobbie, the 35-year-old commitment-phobe at the center of Stephen Sondheim and George ...

a Feminist and Queer Look at Stephen Sondheim - ISU ReD

With this, I bring privilege and life experiences that could alter how I interpret theory and how I apply it to Sondheim's work and the American Musical.

Sondheim's 'A Little Night Music' Gets a Queer Twist - Advocate.com

A new production casts the classic show with mostly female-presenting actors, including trans, nonbinary, and gender-nonconforming performers.

Theater Review: "A Little Night Music" — Failing the Test of Time

A Little Night Music is a romantic farce, but one with nuance. It attempts to be profound, even heady in its tomfoolery. But underneath the humorous surface ...