Reviewed by Tony Annicone The Broadway show won 8 Tony Awards and is based on the 1988 John Waters film which starred Divine and Ricki Lake. The show is set in 1962 in Baltimore and is about teenager, Tracy Turnblad, a large girl with big dreams and even bigger hair who has an abundant joie de…
ANNIE (Renaissance City Theatre)
Reviewed by Tony Annicone The current show at Renaissance City Theatre the producing entity of Granite Theatre is “Annie”, the 1977 hit musical. Based on Harold Gray’s comic strip “Little Orphan Annie”, it won seven Tony Awards and ran for 2,377 performances. This high energy show is a hit again with this audience….
‘Rock of Ages’ Lets the Music Do the Talking
Rock of Ages – Featuring a book by Chris D’Arienzo and arrangements and orchestrations by Ethan Popp, the tenth anniversary tour is being directed by Martha Banta and choreographed by Janet Rothermel. At the Boch Center Wang Theatre, Boston through 10/28 You don’t have to have been a child of MTV to enjoy…
Newport Playhouse’s “A Doublewide Texas Christmas
by Sue Nedar Newport Playhouse’s holiday offering is, “A Doublewide Texas Christmas” by Jones, Hope, & Wooten. Somewhere in the Texas heartland, lies the brand new town of Doublewide – Population, 10. It’s Christmas time, and things are complicated. You see, Doublewide is being double crossed by the county, there’s a nativity competition to…
