Showing posts with label Baldwin Wallace University Music Theatre Program. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Baldwin Wallace University Music Theatre Program. Show all posts
Tuesday, November 21, 2023

Uneven PIPPIN somewhat disappoints at Baldwin Wallace University

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In the Fall of 1971, while chaperoning a group of college students to New York, I saw  PIPPIN , the Stephen Schwartz (music and lyrics), Rog...
Thursday, November 10, 2022

THE WILD PARTY

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THE WILD PARTY--BW’s Music Theatre Program reaches levels of excellence that far exceeds those of college students   The Wild Party  is a mu...
Friday, November 12, 2021

BW’s INTO THE WOODS offers a path out of Covid angst

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INTO THE WOODS is a musical with a book by James Lapine and music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim.  Yes, that Stephen Sondheim, the man who i...
Sunday, November 22, 2020

BWU’s SPRING AWAKENING confronts not only a powerful script, but the challenge of producing “live” theatre in a world-wide plague

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In 2012, when Baldwin Wallace’s number one nationally ranked musical theater program, in conjunction with Beck Center for the Arts, produced...
Sunday, November 17, 2019

Spectacular KINKY BOOTS delights at Baldwin Wallace

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KINKY BOOTS, the Harvey Fierstein (book) and Cyndi Lauper (music and lyrics) award-winning musical, is based on the true story of ...
Sunday, April 21, 2019

A visit to Broadway with the BWU senior class with some time for reviewing

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OnStage’s 2018-2019 rankings of musical theater programs ranked Cleveland suburban Baldwin Wallace University' as number 1 in the nati...
Thursday, November 08, 2018

“Willokommen” to a compelling “Cabaret” at BWU

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In 1966, when “Cabaret,” the John Kander, Fred Ebb musical based on John Van Druten’s play, “I Am a Camera,” adapted from the short nove...
Thursday, May 17, 2018

Baldwin Wallace Musical Theatre Class of ’18 showcases their talents in NY

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Backstage.com’s recent listing of the top Musical Theater Programs in the U.S. included such schools as Carnegie Mellon University, Conser...
Sunday, November 20, 2016

Cleveland’s effect on Broadway and relevant capsule comments

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Several weeks ago, in my review of Baldwin Wallace University’s production of WEST SIDE STORY I stated, “BWU’s Music Theater program is ...
Saturday, November 12, 2016

BWU’s WEST SIDE STORY, a step above the rest

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WEST SIDE STORY, the Jerome Robbins (concept development), Leonard Bernstein (Music), Arthur Laurents (book), and Stephen Sondheim (lyrics...