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The Stephen Schwartz Project

April 18, 2008 By 4 Comments

  • schwartz.jpgThe Stephen Schwartz Project
  • Conceived by Michael J. Bobbitt
  • Music and Lyrics by Stephen Schwartz
  • Musical arrangements by John L. Cornelius II
  • Directed and Choreographed by Michael J. Bobbitt
  • Produced by MetroStage
  • Reviewed by Gary McMillan

PBS has its seemingly ubiquitous “Three Tenors.” Musical theatre fans have the three Stephens (Flaherty, Sondheim and Schwartz) who have been delighting theatre and film audiences with their music for decades. While Schwartz personally has not brought home the brass ring, the Tony Award, for his music, he’s racked up an impressive array of national and regional awards, achieved astounding commercial success, and remains a far more popular favorite among many musical theatre buffs and, undoubtedly, the general public for his pleasing, highly-memorable melodies and intelligent lyrics. [Read more...]

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The Plague

April 18, 2008 By 1 Comment

  • plague.jpgThe Plague
  • By Albert Camus . Adapted for the stage by Otho Eskin
  • Directed by Robert McNamara and Ellen Wilhite
  • Produced by Scena Theatre
  • Reviewed by Steven McKnight

Dramatizing a novel is difficult, even more so when that novel, The Plague by Albert Camus,   serves primarily as a platform for discussing philosophical responses to the absurdity of the human condition in an arduous situation.  Yet the cast of Scena Theatre’s production makes a game effort that leavens the discourses with enough convincing drama to make The Plague an intelligent and memorable piece of theatre. [Read more...]

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