There’s a new force of nature in the musical theater world and his name is Ben Platt who has arrived in a mail-the-Tony-to-him-now performance as the title character in “Dear Evan Hansen” at the Music Box Theatre — able to play both a lonely, communication-inept, misfit teenager and alternately explode in self-assured musical numbers withContinue reading “Fantastic “Dear Evan Hansen” and Acapella “In Transit” on Broadway (Reviews)”
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Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812 – Holiday Inn – A Bronx Tale – Come From Away
I’ve been remiss and have so many shows to review I am just going to lump them all into one post… Come From Away (seen pre-Broadway in Toronto, arrives in NYC in February). Okay, I’ll say it here (having not yet seen Dear Evan Hanson) I predict that Come From Away is going toContinue reading “Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812 – Holiday Inn – A Bronx Tale – Come From Away”
Holiday cheer-filled “Home for the Holidays” – Dio (review)
The Dio Theatre has a holiday-cheer filled reprise of its own “Home For the Holidays” in store for this season. It looks and sound terrific and everything zips along fast and efficiently. Only a Scrooge wouldn’t have fun at this Christmas delight. During a Christmas Eve performance, diva Portia (Molly Cunningham) refuses to go onContinue reading “Holiday cheer-filled “Home for the Holidays” – Dio (review)”
Dynamite “Murder Ballad” at Detroit Public Theatre (review)
Four characters. One will be dead at the end of the show. Who is it, who did it, and why? Detroit Public Theatre presents this terrific rock musical (by Julia Jordan and Juliana Nash) through this Sunday October 23rd. I saw it near the end of its run due to a little show I myselfContinue reading “Dynamite “Murder Ballad” at Detroit Public Theatre (review)”
Bonnie & Clyde is a hit at Downriver Actors Guild (review)
Reviewed by Patricia Mazzola. Downriver Actors Guild has a true hit with Bonnie & Clyde A New Musical, performing at the intimate Catherine A. Daly Theatre on the Avenue in Wyandotte, MI, now through October 29th, 2016. Director Ron Baumanis, keeps the audience completely engaged with his expert staging, whether during a tender moment orContinue reading “Bonnie & Clyde is a hit at Downriver Actors Guild (review)”
Fun and highly entertaining The Full Monty at Encore (Review)
If you want to have a fantastic evening of laughs and great musical theater, grab your tickets now for the hilarious The Full Monty at Encore Musical Theatre Company and have a great time cheering on the guys as they work toward “the full monty” at an amateur men’s strip production. You probably already knowContinue reading “Fun and highly entertaining The Full Monty at Encore (Review)”
Stirring, tight, intimate “Cabaret” at The Dio (review)
Kander and Ebb’s Cabaret has always been a musical theater masterwork. You are in for a stirring and tightly produced production at The Dio. In this intimate setting, the show feels particularly touching. Steve DeBruyne directs and plays a terrific Emcee and he keeps the energy high and always on the move. There is cleverContinue reading “Stirring, tight, intimate “Cabaret” at The Dio (review)”
Fantastic cast creates a hilarious Spelling Bee (A2CT Review)
I’ve made it a habit to see “25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee” at least once a theater season — and you can’t ask for a better production than the one currently running at Ann Arbor Civic Theatre. A hilarious (and pitch-perfect) cast creates a great evening of musical theater at the Lydia Mendelssohn that willContinue reading “Fantastic cast creates a hilarious Spelling Bee (A2CT Review)”
Hilarious “The Drowsy Chaperone” at Croswell Opera House (review)
Croswell Opera House opened its final musical of the summer season, The Drowsy Chaperone, last night in Adrian — and they have saved the best for last! Drowsy is a musical theater-lovers dream show, and it is hilarious and exceptionally well done at Croswell. Man in Chair (gifted and very funny Patrick Toth) settles inContinue reading “Hilarious “The Drowsy Chaperone” at Croswell Opera House (review)”
This Fair Lady has Done Me In (Review – Encore Musical Theatre Company)
Photo courtesy Encore staff photographer, Michele Anliker Lerner and Loewe’s MY FAIR LADY is probably the last musical you would expect to see at the Encore Musical Theatre Company – how do you make all those costumes and sets work in a space that small? Well let me tell you, the production that openedContinue reading “This Fair Lady has Done Me In (Review – Encore Musical Theatre Company)”
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