Music Theater Works presents THE 25th ANNUAL PUTNAM COUNTY SPELLING BEE. Smart kids compete against each other in a spelling bee. The creative team of Rachel Sheinkin (book) and William Finn (music and lyrics) take an ordinary school function add in obsessed students blend it all up with an upbeat score. The result is pure e-n-t-e-r-t-a-i-n-m-e-n-t. ...
The Fourth Walsh
Theatre with a side of life
Category Music Theater Works
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Review “The Producers” (Music Theater Works): Absurdly Fun!
Music Theater Works presents THE PRODUCERS A Mel Brooks Musical. The Legendary Mel Brooks wrote and directed the 1967 cult classic movie “The Producers.” He later turned the movie into a staged musical (aided by Thomas Meehan) and that musical into another movie. Brooks pens the tale of an aging producer and his accountant debuting a ...
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Review “Pippin” (Music Theater Works): Wacky!
Music Theater Works presents PIPPIN. Upon arrival, the audience is immediately engaged. The stage has brightly colored panels reminiscent of past television variety shows. Multiple screens feature 80s and 90s video snippets of culture and history. The playful mishmash sets the tone for wacky fun. The musical is a play within a play about a Prince ...
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Review “Camelot” (Music Theater Works): ‘A Congenial Spot for Happily-ever-aftering’
Music Theater Works presents Lerner and Lowe’s musical CAMELOT. CAMELOT is the 1960s award-winning Broadway musical and film. The love triangle story of King Arthur-Guenevere-Lancelot boasts a searing score by Alan Jay Lerner (lyrics and book) and Frederick Loewe (music). The fantasy musical imagines King Arthur’s very human struggle to lead by civility or jealousy. From ...
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Review “Zorro the Musical” (Music Theater Works): Zesty with a Capital Z
Music Theater Works presents ZORRO the Musical. An anonymous sword fighter defends a village from the persecution of tyranny. The legend of Zorro, a black masked super hero, is well known. The actual backstory is less familiar. Isabel Allende’s pulp novel is the foundation for ZORRO the Musical. The creative team, Stephen Clark (book, lyrics), Helen ...
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Review “La Cage Aux Folles” (Music Theater Works): The Best of Times is NOW… in Skokie!
Music Theater Works presents LA CAGE AUX FOLLES starring RuPaul Drag Race’s Ginger Minj. From “We are What We Are” to the “The Best of Times” curtain call, this production crushes it! Cast, costumes, choreography, comedy swirl together for a dynamic musical spectacle. The creative team of Jerry Herman (music and lyrics) and Harvey Fierstein (book) debuted ...