By Sue Nedar Going into the theatre last night, I was filled with hopeful anticipation. Jesus Christ Superstar, Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice’s crown jewel piece, is this reviewer’s all-time favorite show. It holds a very special sentimental place in my heart – but that’s another story.
Theater Reviews
YOU’RE A GOOD MAN, CHARLIE BROWN
Reviewed by Tony Annicone The current show at MMAS is the 1999 revival version of “You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown” which is based on Charles Schultz’s beloved “Peanuts” comic strip. The revival opened on February 5. 1999 and made a star out of Kristen Chenoweth, winning her the Tony Award for best featured…
“SHREK, THE MUSICAL” (Stadium Theatre, Woonsocket, RI)
Reviewed by Tony Annicone Stadium Theatre’s fall show is “Shrek, the Musical”, based on the Oscar winning Dreamworks animation movie with the same name from 2001. It has music by Jeanine Tesori and book and lyrics by David Lindsay-Abaire with the original source material from William Steig’s 1990 book “Shrek.” The story begins when…
THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME
Reviewed by Tony Annicone Stadium Theatre’s current musical extravaganza is “The Hunchback of Notre Dame”, a new musical which debuted at the La Jolla Playhouse in California in October, 2014. Then in March, 2015 it played at Papermill Playhouse in New Jersey. Both theatres have had shows transferred to Broadway. Unfortunately this musical did not…
