A very timely musical from 50+ years ago, “Fiorello!” and its youthful cast attacks both corrupt business-as-usual politics and the struggle of the working stiffs with good humor and great songs.
Critic Roseann Cane reports that “this production, beautifully directed by Eric Hill, boasts sterling actors who are not only up to the task, but inspired, fierce, funny, and fully realized.”
Sex over, she wants to send Johnny on his way so she can enjoy the rest of the evening watching tv and eating ice cream. But he decides he is totally smitten. Will love bloom?
The 1950’s were a very different time. Our dueling critics, Burns and Cane, explain the pre-tech era in which “Bells Are Ringing” takes place, and Ethan Heard’s staging with Kate Baldwin and Graham Rowat in the leading roles.
A Stephen Sondheim classic graces the stage of the Colonial Theatre in Pittsfield with luscious music, elegance, and of course, summer love.
Extremities is “breathtakingly difficult to watch, and impossible not to,” says Roseann Cane.
The core of a great musical has to be its heart and soul, not Brechtian nonsense.
When this family disagrees, war can break out to settle matters.
