Goodspeed Musicals kicks off its 2018 season with the Broadway hit The Will Rogers Follies, A Life In Revue. The exuberant dance-filled musical will be running April 13 – June 21 at The Goodspeed in East Haddam, Conn. Shake hands with the heartwarming humorist who spun a rope, poked fun at headlines and never met […]
Two-time Tony Award-winning Goodspeed Musicals has assembled six exciting teams to helm the eclectic group of productions planned this season: an exuberant musical extravaganza, a glorious classic, a hilarious musical within a musical, an intimate musical tour-de-force, a timeless and unconventional new musical and the return of our popular holiday show with new surprises for […]
“Hamilton,” the wildly popular musical by Lin-Manuel Miranda, will likely win several Tony Awards this weekend for changing the form of musical theater from what most of us perceive it to be. He uses rap lyrics that challenge what we think we know about the founding of our nation. A lot of us were first […]
by Andrew Beck view article on Examiner.com It’s odd for a musical written by a celebrated composer-lyricist from England to have flopped out of town before reaching London, only to be discovered by producer David Merrick and remounted to significant success on Broadway. Yet, that’s the trajectory of “The Roar of the Greasepaint, the Smell […]
by Christopher Arnott view article on Courant.com “The Roar of the Greasepaint — The Smell of the Crowd.” The very title of this 1964 cult musical by Anthony Newley and Leslie Bricusse would seem to disparage theater audiences. But director Don Stephenson, who’s pushed through a rare revival of the show, has the utmost respect […]
by Sylviane Gold view review on NYTimes.com What’s playing at the Goodspeed? I’ll tell you what’s playing at the Goodspeed. Story of a high-rolling gambler who wins way more than he bargained for when a mission doll upsets his game. Yes, Sky Masterson and Sarah Brown are back, along with their pals Nathan Detroit, Miss […]
by Brooks Appelbaum view review on ShorelineTimes.com Most of us envision (or remember, if we’re lucky) a perfect production of Guys and Dolls, the exuberant musical based on Damon Runyan’s tales of 1930s New York and New York characters (as in “What a character”). With a book by Abe Burrows and Jo Swerling, and music […]
by Frank Rizzo view article on Courant.com Don Stephenson knows “Guys and Dolls” inside and out. After all, his father-in-law — Frank Loesser — wrote the score. But he hasn’t performed in the musical based on Damon Runyon’s stories of colorful saints and sinners of long-ago Times Square since he played Angie the Ox when […]
