Kiss Me Kate by Opera North in Leeds promises a colorful battle of the sexes. With hits like “Too Darn Hot”, “Wunderbar” and the almost anthemic “I Hate Men”. The audience in Leeds would be treated to a hilarious romp to relationships. The fact that it featured theater performers as characters added color to the…
Jersey Boys in Broadway The Musical is still raking in the bucks. You can even check Broadway.com’s Top 20 list of musicals. Why, oh, why? It involved a piece of American pop culture that everyone can relate to. It’s one of the stories we’ve heard about before. And set to music. Because it is basically…
The Fall of the House of Usher in San Francisco is a double bill production. San Francisco Opera’s final offering for the 2015 Fall season. It presented 2 versions of the same Gothic tale written by Edgar Allan Poe. The two versions are presented in English and French with different composers too. But the haunting…
Billy Porter, through his role as Lola on Kinky Boots in Broadway, has become one of the poster boys for gender equality. Months before the Kim Davis brouhaha about marriage equality, the producers of Kinky Boots in Broadway asked him to deliver a short speech. This was in lieu of the US Supreme Court ruling…
Saul by Handel in Canterbury for a limited time only. While David was hailed as one of the greatest kings the Israelites ever had according to the Bible. Such reputation slowly slipped away from his predecessor, Saul. A work of theatrical art that. It is often compared with William Shakespeare’s King Lear. A king driven to madness may be…
Hairspray The Musical in Canterbury is one of the pit stops for the Hairspray UK Tour. Rarely does a light-hearted musical tackle a rather edgy subject through relatable characters. No other musical the way that Hairspray did. The best way to explain it is music. Music transcends generations and races. It makes harmonies easier for open-minded societies. And it…
San Pedro Calungsod The Musical in the Philippines brings to life the latest Filipino to be canonized as a saint in the Catholic Church. Pedro Calungsod’s life as a missionary was given media mileage. It happened after the Jesuit priest that he was assisting, Padre Diego Luis de San Vitores, was beatified by the Vatican….
Sweeney Todd in San Francisco Opera begins this fall of 2015. The thrilling tale of the vengeful barber comes to life once more. Years after the Hollywood version directed by Tim Burton featuring Johnny Depp and Helena Bonham Carter. The challenge of reliving the bloody tale of the demon barber of Fleet Street now rests…
Ready for the 2015 edition of The Color Purple Musical in Broadway? Based on the critically-acclaimed Alice Walker novel. The musical is about 2 black sisters living at a time when black people are maltreated. As a novel, it was one of the most censored pieces of literature for its depiction of violence and sex….
Her voice. His vision. Their story. On Your Feet The Musical in Broadway features a love story that produced several hits and a legacy in Latin pop music. Gloria Estefan and her husband Emilio Estefan have decided to share their story in a musical that featured their life story. Who would have thought that their…