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Broadway Musical Time Machine: Looking Back at Dirty Rotten Scoundrels

Broadway Musical Time Machine: Looking Back at Dirty Rotten Scoundrels

Mark Robinson
Theatre Time Machine

Of all of the musicals that I saw in the first decade of the 21st Century, the one that brought the most smiles to my face was the 2004 David Yazbek (music and lyrics) and Jeffrey Lane (book) comedy Dirty Rotten Scoundrels. Based on the popular film of the same name starring Steve Martin and Michael Caine, seldom does a musical achieve such daffy joy while simultaneously being cunningly witty. The story of two con-men who scheme to steal an heiress’s fortune when she visits a resort town in the French Riviera has wicked humor, surprising plot twists, and a heaping helping of political incorrectness that make the show ribald and salacious fun.

The Last Five Minutes - A Review of the Film The Last Five Years

The Last Five Minutes - A Review of the Film The Last Five Years

Mark Robinson
Stage To Screen, Cinematters

For me, there has been no more exciting composer-lyricist regularly represented on Broadway in the last ten years than Jason Robert Brown. Every project he touches drips with a fierce honesty and lyrical poetry that sets him apart from just about everyone writing these days (save Adam Guettel). There is something inherently theatrical about the premise of each piece, which is probably why they register so beautifully on the stage. I admit that I was skeptical about how a film version of Brown's The Last Five Years would play. It turns out that my concerns were well-warranted.