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Outer Critics Circle Award Winners Announced!

Been a while! I missed writing my reviews for you. Did you miss hearing/reading them?

Please stay tuned- I hope to have an announcement for you soon!

Meanwhile, here are the winners of the 2019 Outer Critics Circle Awards. You will notice ‘Hadestown’ leads with the most awards. I did get to see it at the beginning of May, which was the week after it opened to terrific reviews. I found it to be a…

Welcome to Katz Reviews. This is Ed Katz of Katnip Marketing- marketing consultant by day; theater and film critic by night- bringing my weekly review segment, Katz Reviews, here for you on WICC 600.

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Last week I threw a teaser at the end of my review of ‘First Man’ and said I had a very special…

Welcome to Katz Reviews. This is Ed Katz of Katnip Marketing- marketing consultant by day; theater and film critic by night- bringing my weekly review segment, Katz Reviews, here for you on WICC 600.

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In recent years we have been fortunate to have seen several really good movies about…

FILM- A Star is Born

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It’s a good sign for a movie that, even when you know how it will end, it…

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Man of La Mancha at Westport Playhouse

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It really helps a regional theater-  in this case, Westport Country Playhouse-…

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For the second week in a row I am reviewing a movie “based on a true story.” Last week it…

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When a movie tells you it is “Based on a True Story” that can make it a challenge for the filmmakers to…

FILM- Crazy Rich Asians

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How about ‘Crazy Rich Asians’?

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I saw this movie when it first came out but I was log jammed with reviews…

Gettin’ the Band Back Together on Broadway

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Today’s review is of the new Broadway musical, ‘Gettin’ the Band Back Together.’ It’s billed as original because it isn’t adapted from a book or a movie. But it’s really notoriginal, as anyone who…

Head Over Heels on Broadway

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Broadway has seen more than its share of jukebox musicals lately.

Jimmy Buffet’s show closed-…

The Understudy at Westport Playhouse

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I enjoy being able to give a show a really good review. Especially when it is local- like this one. Westport…

A Chorus Line at Ivoryton Playhouse

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I did not recall having been to the Ivoryton Playhouse in Eastern Connecticut. If I was then it was when I was much younger. It’s a charming spot best found with a GPS.

This season they have…

FILM: Mission Impossible- Fallout

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What was the last good movie that starred Tom Cruise- a…

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I admit I hadn’t seen ‘Oliver!’ since I was a kid- and I can’t recall if I had everseen it on stage. So…

Summer: The Donna Summer Musical on Broadway

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How could a good story he told so badly?

That is what I wondered while…

A Flea in Her Ear at Westport Playhouse

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Being able to pull off a silly farce isn’t an easy task. First, well, it’s…