Theo Ubique Brings Back Delightful ‘Lonesome Losers’ to No Exit Stage

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Theo Ubique Brings Back Delightful ‘Lonesome Losers’ to No Exit Stage

Jun 26, 2017 James Currie Features, Music News, Musical Theatre, Reviews 0

By Peter Thomas Ricci “Jacques Brel’s Lonesome Losers of the Night,” the original musical revue from Theo Ubique Cabaret Theatre, was nominated for the Joseph Jefferson Award for Best Musical...

Historical Inconsistencies Mar Writers Theatre’s Perfect ‘Parade’

Jun 03, 2017 James Currie Features, Music News, Musical Theatre, Reviews 0

by Peter Thomas Ricci Writers Theatre’s production of the Jason Robert Brown musical “Parade” is the kind of show that makes my heart sink – a technically perfect, ravishingly performed...

Audra McDonald Dazzles in Steppenwolf Concert

May 25, 2017 James Currie Features, Music News, Musical Theatre, Reviews 0

by Peter Thomas Ricci The term “National Treasure” is one of the more irritating cliches in the performing arts, yet it is entirely appropriate when applied to the luminous Audra […]

Lyric’s ‘My Fair Lady’ an Energetic, Witty Delight

May 08, 2017 James Currie Features, Music News, Musical Theatre, Reviews 0

by Peter Thomas Ricci Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe’s musical “My Fair Lady” is among the most beloved of the classic musicals, with multiple Broadway stagings and a film […]

‘Aladdin’ Brings Spectacle, Disney Charm to the Cadillac Palace

Apr 21, 2017 James Currie Features, Music News, Musical Theatre, Reviews 0

by Peter Thomas Ricci ‘Disney’s Aladdin,’ which opened a limited run at the Cadillac Palace Theatre this week, is among the most spectacularly staged musicals I have ever seen. With […]

‘Charlie Parker’s Yardbird’ Richly Explores Life of Talented, Tormented Musical Genius

Mar 25, 2017 James Currie Features, Music News, Musical Theatre, Reviews 0

By Peter Thomas Ricci Charlie Parker was no mere jazz saxophonist. One of the founders of jazz’s bebop movement, he brought a virtuosity to the American art form that had […]