Review: SNS' THE PROM at Garden Theater
by Paul Batterson
- Mar 17, 2024
Broadway Musicals are often fantasies, musical representations about things that could not possibly happen. The saddest thing about Short North Stage’s production of THE PROM, which runs from March 14 through April 7 at the Garden Theater, is that it is based partly in truth.
Review: WHICH WAY TO THE STAGE? at The Garden Theatre
by Paul Batterson
- Oct 29, 2023
Nogueira’s attention to detail, Edward Carignan’s tight direction, and Ellowitz and Heleringer’s well-manicured mannerisms give WHICH WAY TO THE STAGE an enjoyable suspension of belief.
Feature: SONDHEIM ON SONDHEIM at The Garden Theater
by Paul Batterson
- Sep 1, 2023
What did our critic think of SONDHEIM ON SONDHEIM at The Garden Theater? As she gets ready to perform in SONDHEIM ON SONDHEIM, Stephanie Amber admits presenting Stephen Sondheim’s works leaves her stomach, as well as her tongue, in knots.
Feature: 2022 HOLIDAY SHOWS In Columbus
by Paul Batterson
- Dec 19, 2022
I will proudly admit it. I don't like Christmas shows. I once videotaped HOW THE GRINCH STOLE CHRISTMAS and purposely stopped taping right about the time the Grinch was about to dump the presents off the edge of Mount Crumpet. I empathize with Miles Finch and Mr. Potter more than I do with Buddy the Elf and George Bailey.
BWW Review: SPRING AWAKENING at Garden Theater
by Paul Batterson
- May 19, 2022
It has been over 130 years since German playwright Frank Wedekind first published SPRING AWAKENING. In 2006, the play was reinvented when Duncan Sheik and Steven Sater turned it into a musical.
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