New York Times
At School, Sin’s a-Poppin’ and Cherubs Are Singing
The movie “Saved,” about Christian youth struggling with issues of faith and identity, has been adapted into a bland, innocuous musical.
Audio Slide Show: Praise Songs
Michael Friedman talks about the music he composed for the show “Saved.”
In Charting Its Future, City Opera Chooses an Adventurous Path
The recent announcement from the New York City Opera about its plans for the next two seasons suggests that this essential 65-year-old company is poised for a near-complete makeover.
Mel Ferrer, Reluctant Star, Dies at 90
Paul Sills, a Guru of Improv Theater, Dies at 80
New York Daily News
'Saved' cast can't salvage musical
"Saved," the Playwrights Horizons musical, is based on a 2004 film about a Christian high school where holy rollers are hypocrites, the star athlete is gay and Jesus makes house-calls. Tangy stuff - at least it was when it was on the big screen.
City's transit-ory life given comic platform
The Coffee Cup theater troupe attempts to bridge the gap between commuters with "Standing Clear," an ensemble comedy exploring the minds of subway riders forced to press up against each other every day.
New York Post
Riedel: Nice Work has it bad
Given all the intrigue, back-stabbing and busted friendships surrounding "Nice Work If You Can Get It," a better title for the new Harry Connick Jr. musical might be "Nice Dish If You Can Get It." Well, I did, so let's fling it around. The $10 million musical, which is scheduled to open on Broadway next...
Pop-rock musical's a keeper
It may be playing on 42nd Street in the middle of godless New York City, but "Saved" - the new musical set at a Christian high...
New York Sun
When a Baby Bump Does More Than Rock the Boat
New York Observer
Pushing Up Daisey: Mencken-Loving Critic’s Sputtering Sentimental Journey
John Heilpern
There’s a drama critic in every man (and woman, of course). Audiences can be pretty severe critics, and, in private, theater folk can be, too. An actor-writer by the name of Mike Daisey is a rarity, however: He goes onstage to criticize theater publicly....
New York Magazine - Vulture Blog
Alison Pill Is an Unconvincing Ugly Girl in ‘Reasons to Be Pretty’
‘The Women’ Trailer: It’s ‘Sex and the City,’ But for Women
Village Voice
Prisoner of the Crown's Hero: Traitor or Greater? by Michael Feingold
Marathon 30 'Series B' by Rob Kendt
Blink by Angela Ashman
Here Arts Center: Happy to Be Here by Alexis Soloski
Mike Bartlett's Artefacts: A Rare Find by Alexis Soloski
Hartford Courant
Good Cast Can't Redeem 'Saved'
Star-Ledger
'Saved' needs an intervention
"Grey Gardens" and "Sunday in the Park with George" are among impressive musicals developed by Playwrights Horizons over the years. Still, not every fresh work forged at this company is ready (or suitable) to transfer from its 42nd Street atelier to Broadway.
Arts Notes
-- 'Side'-tracked: "The Other Side of Newark," Enid Rudd's play about a white schoolteacher and her gifted black student...
Bergen Record
Musical review: 'Saved'
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