Reviewed by Tony Annicone Case High Theatre Company’s closing show of their season is “The Drowsy Chaperone.” The show first opened on Broadway on May 1, 2006 and starred Georgia Engel as Mrs. Tottendale and won Tony Awards for Best Book and Best Score. The hilarious show within a show begins when a diehard musical…
Category: Musicals
“FAME JR.” (Footlights Rep Jr., Morton Middle School)
Reviewed by Tony Annicone Footlights Rep Jr.’s first show of 2017 is “Fame Jr.” “Fame” began as an Academy Award winning movie in 1980. Then it became an Emmy Award winning TV series and finally, an international musical production. The show follows a group of gifted students through four grueling, exhilarating years at New York…
Black Lives Matter: Speakeasy’s “Scottsboro Boys” A Spectacular Reminder
by Michele Markarian The Scottsboro Boys – Book by David Thompson, Music and Lyrics by John Kander and Fred Ebb. Directed by Paul Daigneault. Presented by SpeakEasy Stage Company, Boston Center for the Arts, 527 Tremont Street, Boston through January 26th. Despite the fact that you just know things are not going to go well…
“THE ADDAMS FAMILY” (Beacon Charter High School for the Arts)
Reviewed by Tony Annicone Beacon Charter High School’s current show is “The Addams Family”, a musical which ran on Broadway for 722 performances and is a sentimental tribute to Charles Addams’ beloved characters. This macabre tale explores the deliciously dark world of Gomez, Morticia, Wednesday, Pugsley, Grandma, Uncle Fester, Lurch, and Thing. This weird and wonderful family…
