NEWS & REVIEWS
'The Color Purple' swings into Boston"The Color Purple: The Musical about Love" opens with a gust of blaring horns, whining harmonicas, soaring voices and honky-tonk piano. The production, which begins its two-week Boston engagement on Tuesday, June 16, features 29 musical numbers, each a lively and integral part of the show. More » |
Rox twist on Bard sets 'Much Ado' post-WWIIA man plays a plaintive saxophone solo while a woman under soft light listens in the background, the large white flower behind her ear evoking Lady Day's gardenia. Although the scene conjures a duet between Lester Young and Billie Holiday, the two are Don Claudio and Hero, the young lovers in William Shakespeare's "Much Ado About Nothing." More » |
