The non-AEA tour of the Broadway musical “Catch Me If You Can” makes its second local stop this week and next at the Fisher Theater in Detroit (It was at Wharton Center in East Lansing last month). See my original review from the Broadway production for a more detailed review, but let me say thatContinue reading ““Catch Me if You Can” tour review.”
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2012 Musical Theater Season in SE Michigan – The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly…
It’s hard to make a “best of” list in this area of the country, since the blend of collegiate, community, and professional often overlap and sometimes Community theater productions can be as good as (or better) than some professional productions, while at other times, college shows can look better than Broadway tours….nonetheless, here is myContinue reading “2012 Musical Theater Season in SE Michigan – The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly…”
“How the Grinch Stole Christmas” musical tour (review)
Take a 10-minute book, turned into a 30 minute tv special, and expand it to a 90-minute intermissionless musical, and you have the plusses and the minuses of the holiday musical “How the Grinch Stole Christmas” which is currently playing multiple times a day at the Detroit Opera House on its holiday tour. There isn’tContinue reading ““How the Grinch Stole Christmas” musical tour (review)”
Broadway-bound JEKYLL & HYDE revisal is excellent…(Tour review, Detroit)
There’s no way around it…you either love Jekyll & Hyde the musical or you hate it…and this production might just change a few minds for those who don’t. Completely restaged, reimagined, re-orchestrated and more in line with the original concept album than the 97 Broadway production, the revised Broadway bound Jekyll & Hyde is magnificent andContinue reading “Broadway-bound JEKYLL & HYDE revisal is excellent…(Tour review, Detroit)”
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)”
La Cage Aux Folles (Tour review) Detroit Fisher Theater
La Cage Aux Folles rolled into town last night, and its a doozy. I saw this revival in NYC two seasons ago, and the tour is every bit as excellent as it was on Broadway. Winner of the tony for best-revival (among other awards) its easy to see the care that has gone into theContinue reading “La Cage Aux Folles (Tour review) Detroit Fisher Theater”
Summer 2012 Musical Theater Scorecard – SE Michigan
So — now that the summer musical theater has pretty much ended in SE Michigan for the year, what was the scorecard? Best of the Best: Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (Croswell Opera House) Les Miserables Student Edition (Croswell Opera House) The Last Five Years (K&W Productions, Ann Arbor Musical Theatre Company) Avenue Q (CroswellContinue reading “Summer 2012 Musical Theater Scorecard – SE Michigan”
Beauty and the Beast (NETworks non-Equity tour) Review
It is the rare non-Equity tour that I review here. but NETworks production of Disney’s BEAUTY AND THE BEAST has landed at the Stranahan Theater in Toledo, and this same company will be at the Fisher Theater in Detroit next week. The show is charming, but overall this is a mixed-bag production. Note that thisContinue reading “Beauty and the Beast (NETworks non-Equity tour) Review”
“Bring It On, the musical” tour (review), Chicago
BRING IT ON, the new musical now on tour across North America aiming for Broadway is, in short. a very good musical waiting for a great musical to emerge. Seen at a Saturday Matinee at Chicago’s Cadillac Palace (the closest the show is coming to the area), the musical is none-the-less a standing-ovation, sold-out-house hitContinue reading ““Bring It On, the musical” tour (review), Chicago”
Surprise! To fix “The Addams Family” musical get rid of Nathan Lane (review – tour – Wharton Center, East Lansing)
When I originally reviewed The Addams Family musical, I was among the minority that enjoyed it a lot. Now on tour it’s a much better show, and its not just because the script has been reworked. The tour, currently passing through East Lansing at the Wharton Center, is significantly different from the show seen in pre-BroadwayContinue reading “Surprise! To fix “The Addams Family” musical get rid of Nathan Lane (review – tour – Wharton Center, East Lansing)”
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