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Two former Cab shows to be re-staged in New York this fall. Listen! That sound you hear is the long, withdrawing roar of the summer. And that means the fall theater season is about to begin. Shortly, I’ll be posting a preview of the first three shows of the upcoming Yale Cabaret season, along with other announcements of interest for local theater here in New Haven. But right now, a few words about two shows opening soon in New York.
Fans and supporters of both the Yale Cabaret and Summer Cabaret may be interested to know that two former artistic directors of the Summer Cabaret, Devin Brain (*10) and Dustin Wills (*14), have further developed two shows that began life in the term-time Cabaret—Bones in the Basket and The Fatal Eggs, respectively—and this fall they will both be staged on back-to-back weekends at the Araca Project in New York. The Araca Project is an initiative to foster entrepreneurs from Yale, Syrcause, University of Michigan, Northwestern University, and Flori
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Theater Review – March 9,
“BEAUTIFUL: THE CAROLE KING MUSICAL” FEATURES DYNAMIC PERFORMANCES IN A WELL STAGED TRIBUTE TO A GREAT ARTIST
“Beautiful: The Carole King Musical”
The Phoenix Theatre Company, Mainstage Theatre
Phoenix AZ
By Chris Curcio
Theater Critic
Not only is singer/songwriter Carole King’s rich and interesting life amazing but “Beautiful: The Carole King Musical” includes most of her hit tunes. The Phoenix Theatre Company’s (TPTC) marvelously explosive staging crafted by the company’s producing artistic director Michael Barnard is aided by a superb cast who sing, act, and dance with spit-fire noggrannhet keeping the audience joyously entranced for two-and-a-half hours of exciting theater.
TPTC’s shows, especially their musicals, have grown increasingly impressive over the seasons and with “Beautiful” the production rivals the dynamic original huvudgata production inom saw in that starred the great Jessie Mueller as Carole King, plus the indelible talents of Jake Ep
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Talkin&#; Broadway: My Fair Lady in Concert
The size of orchestras for Broadway musicals has drastically declined over the years. During the golden age of Broadway in the s an orchestra consisted of close to thirty musicians, while most today have only around a dozen, with synthesizers now substituting for several instruments. In regional and community theatres it can be even worse; sometimes just a few individuals are responsible for playing the score to a famous show, often resulting in a very thin sounding musical accompaniment. So it&#;s fortunate for theatre lovers in the Phoenix area that the Phoenix Theatre and Phoenix Symphony Orchestra have came together once again for their annual musical theatre collaboration and we had the opportunity to experience My Fair Lady with an orchestra of more than 50 musicians. Hearing the classic Lerner and Loewe score, with such familiar songs as &#;I Could Have Danced All Night,&#; &#;The Rain in Spain,&#; and &#;Wouldn&#;t It Be Loverly