Directed by Academy Award® and Golden Globe® winner Bill Condon (Chicago, Dreamgirls, Twilight: Breaking Dawn Parts 1 and 2, Gods and Monsters) making his Broadway directorial debut, this new staging of Side Show includes new music by multiple Grammy Award® winner, Academy Award®, Golden Globe®, and Tony Award® nominee Henry ...

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In a word (or a few), this show is pure comedic eye candy. James Earl Jones plays Grandpa Vanderhof, leader of a happily eccentric gang of snake collectors, cunning revolutionaries, ballet dancers and skyrocket makers. When the youngest daughter brings her fiancé and his straight-laced parents over for dinner,  fireworks fly ...

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Boy meets girl.  Boy and girl have a fling.  Girl gets pregnant and hesitates to tell boy.  Boy steps up to the plate, despite believing he is sterile, and tries to talk girl out of having an abortion.  While somewhat predictable, PHOENIX, by Scott Organ, has some literally "dead on" ...

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