David Spencer

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  Aisle Say On The Square: The Theatre of Politics

  Well, if any season is rife for plays with a political bent, it’s this one. Their proliferation...

  David Spencer November 29, 2016
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  Aisle Say On The Square: New Tries at Past Glories: Revivals

  Despite its title, despite having arrived on a wave of kudos from London’s Donmar Warehouse, the Josie...

  David Spencer November 27, 2016
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  Aisle Say On The Square: Based On The Screenplay

  I belong to an organization called The International Association of Media Tie-In Writers (IAMTW); it’s dedicated to...

  David Spencer November 22, 2016
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  Aisle Say On The Square: Musical Revivals Part Two

  Since the two musicals under consideration today are standards in the literature that most of you savvy...

  David Spencer November 22, 2016
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  Aisle Say On The Square: The Tolstoy Tuner

  One of my gigs, for a time, was screening applications for musical theatre awards and grants. And...

  David Spencer November 22, 2016
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  Aisle Say On The Square: Musical Revivals Part One

    I remember liking the late Jonathan Larson’s Tick, Tick…Boom! very much when it originally opened off-Broadway....

  David Spencer November 12, 2016
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  Aisle Say On The Square: The Most Democratic Form Of Entertainment

    I’ve said it before, but it bears repetition: Comedy is the most democratic form of entertainment....

  David Spencer November 10, 2016
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  Aisle Say On The Square: Quick Takes For Early October

  Though part of the British “angry young man” movement, the 1958 dramedy A Taste of Honey was...

  David Spencer October 4, 2016
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  Aisle Say On The Square: The Original Should Sister Plus One

    Though I have a healthy enough appreciation for gospel music, I’m not too conversant with its...

  David Spencer September 23, 2016
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  Aisle Say On The Square: The Grim Future Ain’t What It Used To Be

  Though Irish playwright Conor McPherson’s play The Birds is billed (pun intended?) as being “from the story...

  David Spencer September 22, 2016