by Linda Chin 42nd Street – Music by Harry Warren; Lyrics by Al Dubin; Book by Michael Stewart and Mark Bramble; Directed by Brian Boruta; Music Direction by James Murphy; Musical Restaging and New Choreography by Lara Finn Banister; Scenic Design by Benjamin D. Rush; Lighting Design by Seifallah Sailotto-Cristobal; Sound Design by Elizabeth Havenor; Costume Design by Brian…
Category: Musicals
SOMETHING ROTTEN (Providence College Theatre)
Reviewed by Tony Annicone Providence College Theatre Department’s opening show is the regional College area premiere of “Something Rotten”, a very new and fresh musical from 2015. This hilarious original musical is set in 1595 and tells the story of Nick and Nigel Bottom and their arguments and disagreements with William Shakespeare who is a…
Ripley, Stellar Cast Deliver Blockbuster Treatment of ‘Sunset Boulevard’
Review by Tony Annicone North Shore Music Theatre’s blockbuster musical of the fall season “Sunset Boulevard” is based on the Academy Award winning 1950 Billy Wilder, black and white movie which starred Gloria Swanson and William Holden. The musical version has music by Andrew Lloyd Webber with a book and lyrics by Don Black and…
In Speakeasy’s ‘Choir Boy’, Music and Mentors Change Lives
by Linda Chin Workman ‘Choir Boy’ – Play by Tarell Alvin McCraney. Directed by Maurice Emmanuel Parent. Music Direction, David Freeman Coleman. Choreography, Yewande Odetoyinbo and Ruka White. Presented by SpeakEasy Stage Company. At Roberts Studio Theatre, Calderwood Pavilion, Boston Center for the Arts, 527 Tremont St., through October 19 Like his play, In Moonlight…
