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...tabloid TV programs that its plot parodies, this year's Pudding show (as usual) tries to pull its jokes and puns from today's headlines. Sometimes writers Nell Benjamin and the brothers O'Keefe (Laurence and Mark) try a little too hard. But the performances, directed by Greg Minahan, couldn't be better. Overall, "Romancing the Throne" left us chairing for more. (Okay, we tried. We'll stop...
...dancing throughout Tots is actually pretty impressive, considering that part of the fun of HPT shows is supposed to be that everybody trips over clodhopper-style numbers. There's still too much bumbling, but Greg Minahan as Kitty shows that fast feet can add to the show. He dances up a good watch-me-and-then-you-can-do-it number with Mark Szpak (Henna), and together with Buddy (Bruce Cranston) they dance a nice soft shoe in a satirical love song, called "Easy to Please." Even the bumbling has been made into more interesting dance with Judith Haskell...
George M! A thoroughly enjoyable version of the Joel Grey Broadway hit about the life of entertainer George M. Cohan, thanks mainly to Greg Minahan, the show's director, who plays the title role with phenomenal energy and conviction. Minahan's charistmatic performance is complemented by foot-stomping choreography and a lively Cohan score which includes standards like "Yankee Doodle Dandy," "Over There" and "Give My Regards to Broadway." The best Grant-in-Aid musical in at last three years. At the Agassiz, November 20-22, at 8 p.m. Tickets $3.50 and $3, $2 for students...
George M! A supremely entertaining version of the Joel Grey Broadway hit about the life of entertainer George M. Cohan, thanks mainly to Greg Minahan, the show's director, who plays the title role with phenomenal energy and conviction. Minahan's charismatic performance is complemented by a lively George M. Cohan score--including standards like "Yankee Doodle Dandy," "Over There" and "Give My Regards to Broadway,"--and foot-stomping choreography. The best Grant-in-Aid musical in at least three years. At the Agassiz, November 13-15 and 20-22, at 8 p.m. Tickets $3.50 and $3, $2 for students...
Loud and ebullient, George M! resounds with the rhythms of taps and canes and musical hosannas to the man who, according to legend, once owned Broadway. Giving it "the Cohan touch--speed, lights, music," Greg Minahan has set the Grant-in-Aid production of Joel Grey's Broadway hit squarely on the right track...