Reviewed by Tony Annicone Bishop Hendricken’s Summer Stage show this year is “Godspell” with music and new lyrics by Stephen Schwartz and book by John-Michael Tebelak, originally opened off-Broadway on May 17, 1971. It is the loose account of the life and death of Christ and is constructed as a continuous stream of stories,…
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NSMT’s “THE MUSIC MAN”
Reviewed by Tony Annicone The opening show of Bill Hanney’s North Shore Music Theatre’s 62nd season is “The Music Man” by Meredith Willson. This musical first opened on Broadway on December 19, 1957 and ran for 1,375 performances. Robert Preston played the leading role of Harold Hill who cons the good citizens of River City, Iowa…
Reagle’s “JOSEPH AND THE AMAZING TECHNICOLOR DREAMCOAT”
Reviewed by Tony Annicone Reagle Music Theatre’s first summer musical of their 49th season is “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat”, the biblical story of Jacob and his 12 sons. It is a spectacular presentation and stars country star Ayla Brown as the Narrator and IRNE nominee Peter Mill as Joseph. It was written in 1968 by…
“BUTTERFLIES ARE FREE” (The Arctic Playhouse)
Reviewed by Hen Zannini The Arctic Playhouse’s current production is “Butterflies are Free.” Written by Leonard Gershe, the play is a dramedy about Don, a blind man, who moves into his own apartment in Manhattan against the wishes of his overprotective and overbearing mother, and befriends Jill, the freethinking young woman next door. With the…
