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Big Rewards in a "Little" Package: "Stuart Little" at the Circa '21 Dinner Playhouse
Written By: Mike Schulz
Section: Theatre
Category: Reviews
2005-11-30 00:00:00
Stuart Little, the family musical currently being produced at the Circa ’21 Dinner Playhouse, is a near-perfect melding of actors and material, a musical comedy so creative and ebullient that you are instructed to secure tickets even if you don’t have any kids on hand to chaperone you. The show has the sweetness of spirit that E.B. White’s beloved tale requires, but it’s better enjoyed as an ingenious vaudeville entertainment; with little overt plotting to get in the way, Stuart Little gives audiences a bevy of delightful musical and comedy sketches, and even though some of the songs are humdrum, the presentation never is. Circa ’21’s production isn’t just a topnotch family entertainment; it’s a topnotch entertainment, period.
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Written By: Mike Schulz
Section: Theatre
Category: Reviews
2005-11-30 00:00:00
Stuart Little, the family musical currently being produced at the Circa ’21 Dinner Playhouse, is a near-perfect melding of actors and material, a musical comedy so creative and ebullient that you are instructed to secure tickets even if you don’t have any kids on hand to chaperone you. The show has the sweetness of spirit that E.B. White’s beloved tale requires, but it’s better enjoyed as an ingenious vaudeville entertainment; with little overt plotting to get in the way, Stuart Little gives audiences a bevy of delightful musical and comedy sketches, and even though some of the songs are humdrum, the presentation never is. Circa ’21’s production isn’t just a topnotch family entertainment; it’s a topnotch entertainment, period.
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Circa '21's "Christmas from the Heart" Rates a Holiday Cheer
Written By: Mike Schulz
Section: Theatre
Category: Reviews
2005-11-16 00:00:00
Christmas from the Heart, which opens the Circa ’21 Dinner Playhouse’s 29th season, is a holiday-themed musical revue, and as such, it has a built-in advantage that many stage works don’t: Audiences don’t make many demands of it. When presented with a piece of this sort – in which the production is essentially an excuse for linking together a diverse group of carols and holiday hits – no one really cares what the story is about or whether the characters have any depth; all we ask is that the numbers are well-sung and that the show maintains a lively pace, and if it’s funny or touching or particularly well-designed, those are just added bonuses.
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Written By: Mike Schulz
Section: Theatre
Category: Reviews
2005-11-16 00:00:00
Christmas from the Heart, which opens the Circa ’21 Dinner Playhouse’s 29th season, is a holiday-themed musical revue, and as such, it has a built-in advantage that many stage works don’t: Audiences don’t make many demands of it. When presented with a piece of this sort – in which the production is essentially an excuse for linking together a diverse group of carols and holiday hits – no one really cares what the story is about or whether the characters have any depth; all we ask is that the numbers are well-sung and that the show maintains a lively pace, and if it’s funny or touching or particularly well-designed, those are just added bonuses.
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"Pippi" Never Starts Making Sense: "Pippi Longstocking" at the Circa '21 Dinner Playhouse
Written By: Mike Schulz
Section: Theatre
Category: Reviews
2005-04-20 00:00:00
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Written By: Mike Schulz
Section: Theatre
Category: Reviews
2005-04-20 00:00:00
So far as I know, there are no steadfast rules regarding children’s theatre, but two certain “don’t”s would have to be: (1) Don’t bore the kids, and (2) Don’t confuse the kids.
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A "Wonderland" of Christmas through the Ages: "Winter Wonderland" at the Circa '21 Dinner Playhouse
Written By: Administrator
Section: Theatre
Category: Reviews
2000-11-22 00:00:00
It might be the season for holiday chestnuts, but Circa’s current production of Winter Wonderland, written by Brad Hauskins and arranged by Linda Brinkerhoff, gives a refreshing twist to many holiday favorites as a family searches for an old-fashioned Christmas experience.
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Written By: Administrator
Section: Theatre
Category: Reviews
2000-11-22 00:00:00
It might be the season for holiday chestnuts, but Circa’s current production of Winter Wonderland, written by Brad Hauskins and arranged by Linda Brinkerhoff, gives a refreshing twist to many holiday favorites as a family searches for an old-fashioned Christmas experience.
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Song Ignites Circa '21's "Smoke on the Mountain"
Written By: Administrator
Section: Theatre
Category: Reviews
2000-09-29 00:00:00
You know what they say about smoke and fire, and you’ll find a blaze in Circa 21’s production of Connie Ray’s Smoke on the Mountain. The kindling is Pastor Mervin Oglethorpe’s rather lethargic congregation. The match is the Sanders family, a traveling evangelical musical group. Put the two together and a foot-tapping, spirit-lifting evening of song erupts.
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Written By: Administrator
Section: Theatre
Category: Reviews
2000-09-29 00:00:00
You know what they say about smoke and fire, and you’ll find a blaze in Circa 21’s production of Connie Ray’s Smoke on the Mountain. The kindling is Pastor Mervin Oglethorpe’s rather lethargic congregation. The match is the Sanders family, a traveling evangelical musical group. Put the two together and a foot-tapping, spirit-lifting evening of song erupts.
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