Michael Murphy

Off-Broadway Review: “The Big Gay Jamboree” at the Orpheum Theatre (Through Sunday, January 19, 2025)

The Orpheum Theatre is hosting the newest campy musical “The Big Gay Jamboree,” with a book by Marla Mindelle and Jonathan Parks-Ramage. Ms. Mindelle, who is known for the cult favorite “Titanique,” also pens the lyrics and composes the music with Philip Drennen. The show is splattered with pop culture, musical theater, and gay social behavior references that are sure…

Off-Broadway Review: “Morning Sun” at Manhattan Theatre Club at New York City Center – Stage I (Closed Sunday December 19, 2021)

November 22, 2021 | a delicate, a man of, Off-Broadway, pass over > | "Morning Sun", Blair Brown, Daniel Kluger, dot, Edie Falco, Kaye Voyce, Lap Chi Chu, Laura Smith, Lee Kinney, Lila Neugebauer, Manhattan Theatre Club, Marin Ireland, Michael Murphy, New York City Center Stage I, Simon Stephens, Tom Watson

“I’m very scared. I’m very confused it’s very bright here please just tell me whether or not I am safe.” These are among the first words spoken by Charley McBride (an ethereal and impassioned Edie Falco) in Simon Stephens’s “Morning Sun” currently running at Manhattan Theatre Club at New York City Center – Stage I. Charley is surrounded by her…