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The Marriage Counselor

Written and Directed by Tyler Perry
Produced by Tyler Perry at the Warner Theater
Reviewed by Debbie Minter Jackson

Going to a Tyler Perry production is like going home on Spring break-you know what’s coming, but it’s comfy and reliable, and there’s absolutely no place like home.  Nobody hits the buttons, unburies the bones, dares the characters to “go there,”  and splashes over the top like Perry.  His musicals fit a winning formula– a mix of zany characters in serious life situations, good smacking the mess out of evil, the healing power of prayer and redemption, and enough gut-wrenching gospel music to qualify for Sunday service. (more…)

Hairspray

• Book by Mark O’Donnell and Thomas Meehan; Music by Marc Shaiman; Lyrics by Shaiman and Scott Wittman.
• Derived from a movie by John Waters (New Line Cinema)
• Directed by Matt Lenz
• Produced by NETworks Presentations, LLC at the Warner Theatre
• Reviewed by Tim Treanor

Does life hold a role for the unlovely and the despised? Are there still dreams to be had when you’re too plump to go to the prom; or when your hopes and ambitions lie like ashes amidst the heaps of laundry you’ve taken in to help pay the mortgage?

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