October 2012 – Mostly Musical Theatre

Should I upgrade by iPad 3 to the iPad 4?

No. If you already have an iPad 3, do not upgrade to the iPad 4 unless you just have money burning in your pocket. For all practical purposes, there is nothing different between the two except for a slightly faster processor (no practical application, you won’t notice the difference)…a better camera for FaceTime (do youContinue reading “Should I upgrade by iPad 3 to the iPad 4?”

“Evil Dead the Musical” is a hilarious 2nd year hit at DCP in Dexter…(Mini Review)

Evil Dead, the Musical, makes a triumphant return to the Copeland Auditorium in Dexter Michigan by way of Dexter Community Players, who stage the show for a second year in a row — and it is tighter, better performed, and funnier all-around with three-times the blood quotient. Based on several of the Evil Dead movies,Continue reading ““Evil Dead the Musical” is a hilarious 2nd year hit at DCP in Dexter…(Mini Review)”

Dance-tacular “Anything Goes” looks great on tour (review)

What a joy to revisit an old classic and find that the tour is as fresh and spectacular as the original Broadway production (now closed). (Seen on tour at the Wharton Center, East Lansing, MI 10-21-12). Starring Rachel York in a simply wonderful performance, the dance-laden show veers from joke to song to dance withContinue reading “Dance-tacular “Anything Goes” looks great on tour (review)”

Scrumptious “Sunday in the Park with George” – University of Michigan Musical Theatre program (Review)

Continuing in a long string of the most professionally produced and technically proficient musicals in Ann Arbor, the University of Michigan Department of Musical Theater presents a scrumptious “Sunday in the Park with George” at the Lydia Mendelssohn Theater. Directed by Mark Madama, musically directed by Cynthia Kortman Westphal and Alexander Gemingnani (who also conducts),Continue reading “Scrumptious “Sunday in the Park with George” – University of Michigan Musical Theatre program (Review)”

Rocky Horror Show at Croswell Opera House is a blast (Review)

The Rocky Horror Show, that bizarreness of a stage musical that became a cult hit in London in the early 70’s and a midnight-movie cult in the US, returns to the Croswell Opera House for its third incarnation in recent years, and its a big, sprawling, hilarious blast of musical theater mess. Once again directedContinue reading “Rocky Horror Show at Croswell Opera House is a blast (Review)”

Movie Musical “Pitch Perfect” fits the bill (Review)

A-capella singing has come a long way since the dorky days of “a capella glee club” which most of us remember from our college years…riding the wave of popular tv-competitions, Glee, as well as the stellar success of the Indiana University Men’s “Straight No Chaser”, along comes the very entertaining “Pitch Perfect”. Starring Anna KendrickContinue reading “Movie Musical “Pitch Perfect” fits the bill (Review)”