Two-time Tony Award winner Matthew Broderick sinks into the malaise of middle age in the new stage version of “Babbitt,” Sinclair Lewis’ 1922 satirical novel adapted to the stage by Joe DiPietro in a production at La Jolla Playhouse directed by Christopher Ashley. He merely reminds his easily distracted boy that “Shakespeare is required to get into college.” There’s a …
In a time of fires and fury, migrant caravans, closed borders and a divided nation, a small but mighty musical is headed to Los Angeles to remind us of the power of human goodness. “People call this a 9/11 musical, but it isn’t,” says David Hein, who co-authored the show’s Tony-nominated book, music and lyrics with his wife Irene Sankoff. …
