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Tag: Stephen Sondheim

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A FUNNY THING HAPPENED ON THE WAY TO THE FORUM (Walnut): A funny thing is happening now at the Walnut

Ralph Malachowski September 30, 2017 No Comments

Sondheim’s classic musical in a new production is directed by Frank Ferrante.

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A FUNNY THING HAPPENED ON THE WAY TO THE FORUM (Walnut Street Theatre): 60-second review

Cameron Kelsall September 18, 2017 1 Comment

The promise of “something for everyone” is both too little and too much.

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GYPSY (Arden): A self-aware musical

Dorie Byrne May 29, 2017 2 Comments

Another take on the Arden’s GYPSY

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GYPSY (Arden Theatre): Mary’s turn

Cameron Kelsall May 25, 2017 2 Comments

Martello shines in an otherwise confused production of this classic musical.

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WEST SIDE STORY (Media Theatre): 60-second review

Cameron Kelsall May 23, 2017 No Comments

2018 is Leonard Bernstein’s centenary, and theaters around the country are programming his greatest works in his honor. Delaware County’s Media Theatre has taken the…

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GYPSY (Media Theatre): Everything’s coming up roses

Neal Zoren for NealsPaper October 6, 2015 No Comments

GYPSY is an often produced classic for good reason and is terrific as Mama Rose in the Media Theatre’s production.

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PASSION (Arden): Pretty anticlimactic

Neal Zoren for NealsPaper June 23, 2015 No Comments

Excerpted from NealsPaper.com by kind permission. Stephen Sondheim’s musical PASSION comes to a pivotal point at which a young soldier, Giorgio (Ben Michael), suddenly becomes deeply…

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COMPANY (BCP): Settle down with Sondheim

Lauren Hartranft June 1, 2015 No Comments

Now that’s how you start off the summer! The beautiful Bucks County Playhouse opened to a full house with COMPANY. Based on the book by…

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MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG (Temple Theater): Parties and excess

Neal Zoren for NealsPaper March 22, 2015 No Comments

The young talent the school is grooming stands out in the Temple Theater production of Stephen Sondheim and George Furth’s MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG.

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THE MUSICAL OF MUSICALS (Montgomery Theater): A homage and a takeoff in song

Neal Zoren for NealsPaper April 23, 2014 No Comments

Eric Rockwell and Joanne Bogart raise the stakes with their devilishly clever and cheekily smart send-up of prolific songsmiths Sondheim, Jerry Herman, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II, John Kander, and Fred Ebb, THE MUSICAL OF MUSICALS.

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