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Preludes

January 25, 2023 by admin Leave a Comment

Three

Musical (2015)
Music, Lyrics, Book and Orchestrations by Dave Malloy
Directed by Courtney O’Connor
Music Director: Dan Rodriguez
Lyric Stage Company of Boston
Copley Square Area, Boston
January 6 – February 5, 2023
An interesting, semi-historical, psychologically-oriented exploration of a difficult period in the great nineteenth century Russian composer Sergei Rachmaninoff’s life and career.

Little Women: The Broadway Musical

December 9, 2022 by admin Leave a Comment

Alcott

Musical (2001)
Music by Jason Howland
Lyrics by Mindi Dickstein
Book by Allan Knee
Based on the novel by Louisa May Alcott
Directed and Choreographed by Ilyse Robbins
Musical Direction by Matthew Stern

A radiant production of a nicely written musical based on the famous book about four sisters from Concord, Massachusetts, set during the Civil War, superbly directed and choreographed.

1776

June 24, 2022 by admin Leave a Comment

1776, Cast

Musical (1969)
Music and lyrics by Sherman Edwards
Book by Peter Stone
Directed by Jeffrey L. Page, Diane Paulus
American Repertory Theater
Loeb Drama Center, Harvard Square
Cambridge, MA
May 17 – July 24, 2022

An energetic and spirited production – with a cast of women, trans, and non-binary actors – of the 1969 musical about the drama leading up to the signing of the Declaration of Independence.

Ain’t Misbehavin’ –
The Fats Waller Musical

May 13, 2022 by admin Leave a Comment

Motley Hot Rhythm

Musical, Revue, Concert
Directed by Maurice Emmanuel Parent
Central Square Theater
Central Square, Cambridge, MA
May 1-29, 2022

A wonderfully exuberant production of the revue, originally conceived in the late 1970s, of dramatized songs of the great jazz composer and master of the “stride” piano technique.

Once On This Island

March 17, 2022 by admin Leave a Comment

Cast

Musical (1990)
Book and Lyrics by Lynn Ahrens
Music by Stephen Flaherty
Directed by Pascale Florestal
Musical Direction by David Freeman Coleman
Speakeasy Stage
Boston Center for the Arts
South End, Boston
March 11 – April 16, 2022

An exuberant and beautifully produced piece of story theater about a love affair across classes and racial divides on an island in the French Antilles .

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