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...past year has been a momentous one for American-Jewish-Taiwanese singer Alisa Galper. After her win on the Taiwan talent show One Million Star (the island's answer to American Idol), she was quickly signed by Universal Music Taiwan, who immediately began touting her as "Asia's Rihanna." The comparison isn't too fanciful, and what she lacks in the Barbadian singer's rhythmic ease, she makes up for in range and diversity...
This 90s reworking of the Gershwin classic Girl Crazy won rave reviews when it played Broadway a decade ago. Harvard STAGE and Galper & Rubins productions take the reins of this tale of everyman Bobby Child’s quest to find himself through music, which features several Gershwin favorites. Proceeds go to arts education for Boston Youth. Through Saturday May 8th. Tickets $10, $7 for students and seniors. 8 p.m. Agassiz Theatre...
Despite its talent and energy, South Pacific suffered from its length; Galper and Rubins were obviously in love with the material, but they needed to trim it. And the first things that should have gone were the long overtures; there was no need to give the show’s orchestra any more listening time than it needed...
...Galper and Rubins gave us a rare treat: a spunky musical to buck us up in the darkest days before our Thanksgiving release. I also appreciated the duo’s attempts to use the play to address our troubled present; as Galper wrote in the program, South Pacific has a “timeless human message of the power of prejudice and the importance of love during a tumultuous time of war.” I’m not sure that South Pacific really works on this level, but I like that this marvelous team viewed it that...
South Pacific wrapped up its run last Friday, so I can only recommend that you go see the next Galper and Rubins musical, Crazy for You, when it opens next spring. I can’t imagine it being anything but a great time...