Word: songe
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...over the city, the upcoming concert schedule is plastered: Joan Baez, Sheryl Crow, James Brown, Earth, Wind and Fire. Music stores sell and play American tunes. On Vorosmarty Ter, the main square downtown, tourists sit and soak in the "authentic" Hungarian atmosphere with Toni Braxton's "Another Sad Love Song" in their ears, piped in by an outdoor cafe. Television is a hodgepodge of local programming, English-language shows on The Cartoon Network and CNN, and a host of American programs, from "Saved by the Bell" to "Married With Children," dubbed in Hungarian...
...Speros' portrayal of Amy, whose neuroses prevent her from committing to Paul (Dann Fink), her loving and caring fiance. Amy's anxiety culminates in the tongue-twisting "Getting Married Today." Speros executes the take-your-breath-away number impeccably, receiving thunderous applause from the audience halfway through the song. And Marie Danvers, who plays the stewardess April, should patent her ditz...
...said "colored folks." However, both Gretha Boston, who won a Tony award for her performance as Queenie, and Andre Solomon-Glover as Queenie's husband Joe, establish considerable presence that prevents their characters from being altogether marginalized. Toward this end as well, Joe's (and the show's) signature song, "Ol' Man River," is repeated several times throughout the show after its far-too-early first appearance--a nice idea, even though the recurrence of the song sometimes seems slightly out of place. Solomon-Glover is sufficiently imposing as Joe, even though he doesn't quite fill the enormous shoes...
...pinnacle of hilarity with Cap'n Andy's spirited one-man enactment of the denouement and the wonderful punchline: "Curtain! No refunds." And the irresistible swing of "Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man" will have you humming or whistling it before you exit the theater. No wonder that song, along with "Ol' Man River," keeps cropping up. This is assuredly a production that makes the most of the musical's best points...
...Connor: I always had in mind that once I got to 30, I would be able to leave it behind. Which is partly what I Am Enough for Myself [a song on Gospel Oak] is about. I'm definitely getting to the stage of leaving it behind. I can't even remember quite a lot of it now, which is really good...