Those explosions you heard over downtown Jackson the last couple nights have been caused by Jayna Katz and Adam Woolsey blowing the roof off of the Jackson Symphony Orchestra performance space during The Last 5 Years, the Jason Robert Brown two-person musical. Telling the story of a meeting, a wedding, and a breakup (hers fromContinue reading “Jayna Katz and Adam Woolsey create fireworks in The Last 5 Years (Review)”
Category Archives: Musicals
Fiddler on the Roof at Encore Musical Theatre Company is hit-and-miss (Review)
Tevye (Stephen West) and family in Fiddler on the Roof (photo courtesy Encore Musical Theatre Company) Fiddler on the Roof opened at the Encore Musical Theatre Company in Dexter, MI last night, and if the crowd response was anything like it will be throughout the run, Encore has another hit musical on its hands andContinue reading “Fiddler on the Roof at Encore Musical Theatre Company is hit-and-miss (Review)”
Energetic, colorful Legally Blonde The Musical at Center Stage Jackson (Review)
The third of eleven local productions of Legally Blonde the Musical in the SE Michigan area came by way of Center Stage Jackson at the lovely Potter Center Baughmann Theatre. This production was a very solid community theater production, with an energetic cast, some great voices, and a fast-paced production that was colorful and funny.Continue reading “Energetic, colorful Legally Blonde The Musical at Center Stage Jackson (Review)”
Marlena Hilderley’s Elle Woods is superb in Legally Blonde (Croswell Opera House) – Review
It seems you can’t turn a corner without running into Legally Blonde The Musical this summer/fall in Michigan — in fact, there are 11 productions slated in just a 30 mile radius of each other, several of them playing on the same weekend. But it would be hard to find a better Elle Woods thanContinue reading “Marlena Hilderley’s Elle Woods is superb in Legally Blonde (Croswell Opera House) – Review”
Bunheads on ABC Family is the real deal (Review)
Set your DVR for June 11th — thats when ABC Family begins airing their new show BUNHEADS — and based on the pilot episode, the show does everything right that SMASH does so wrong week after week. Broadway’s Sutton Foster stars as a ex-ballerina/Broadway dancer now washed up Vegas Showgirl who impulsively weds a kindContinue reading “Bunheads on ABC Family is the real deal (Review)”
Funny Business at Encore Musical Theatre Company — Nunsense (Review)
Back in ’86, I was onstage at the Met Opera House in NYC singing and dancing backup in one of the nation’s first big AIDS fundraisers. Among the stars and large-cast Broadway show ensembles there was a sudden rush of excitement as the habit-attired actresses from then Off-Broadway smash hit Nunsense whipped the audience intoContinue reading “Funny Business at Encore Musical Theatre Company — Nunsense (Review)”
Avenue Q is a stunner at Croswell Opera House (and thats a good thing) — Review
There are those of us who have already been initiated into the cult of Avenue Q on Broadway (where it is still running, Off Broadway); or on tour; or one of the sit-down productions across the country…and Croswell Opera House should be extremely proud of their current production onstage in Adrian as it ranks rightContinue reading “Avenue Q is a stunner at Croswell Opera House (and thats a good thing) — Review”
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”
Superb cast in Encore’s GODSPELL (review)
GODSPELL arrived at the Encore Musical Theatre Company in Dexter last night, and it is a tribute to director Dan Cooney and his superb cast and musicians that this production ranks right up there among the best, and in some ways superior to the current Broadway production. This is an earthy revival of the showContinue reading “Superb cast in Encore’s GODSPELL (review)”
Newsies, Ghost, Evita, and Once musicals on Broadway (Review)
Ah — Winter/Spring in NYC — 75 degrees in mid-march, and some hot shows heating up the Great White Way as well…Let me preface this by saying that only ONCE has officially opened — NEWSIES (opening next week), GHOST, and EVITA are still in previews. That being said, these shows aren’t going to change significantlyContinue reading “Newsies, Ghost, Evita, and Once musicals on Broadway (Review)”
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