Vivacious performances outweigh a host of odd directorial choices in the Washington National Opera‘s
West Side Story
West Side Story opened LA Opera’s 40th anniversary season with fury and flair
Lyric Opera of Chicago has brought back its wildly successful 2019 production of West Side Story, directed by Francesca Zambello. I thought it was terrific back then and, even with numerous cast changes, it was just as terrific on Sunday afternoon.
Frankly, I can’t imagine there’s a future for I Married an Angel.
The cultiest of cult musicals, an All-American take on the Iliad and the Odyssey, the spectacularly witty Golden Apple of John Latouche (words) and Jerome Moross (music), opened Off Broadway in 1953 to some acclaim.
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Hasten thee to feed another quarter of conversation for The Talk of the Town!
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