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Posts Tagged ‘Alan Menken’

SDMT’s ‘Sister Act’ Energizes at the Horton Grand

By Bill Eadie | April 29, 2019 | 0

Sister Act, a musical based on the hit 1992 film, takes more suspension of disbelief than most of its compatriots. But, despite a slow start, some catchy tunes and big production numbers manage to win over audiences. ..

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Disney Meets Islam Fantasy and the Winner is that Magic Carpet

By Welton Jones | February 26, 2019 | 0

Aladdin gets the Princess and that Genie gets everything else is the Disney version of a tale more nor less from the ‘Thousand and One Nights.’ A good time is had by all except the bad guys.

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A New Season Opens with Sacra/Profana Lite in Hillcrest

By Ken Herman | November 6, 2018 | 0

The San Diego choral ensemble Sacra/Profana launched its 10th season this past weekend with a pair of identical concerts, subtitled “A Retrospective Experience,” that touched on the successes of previous seasons and aspirations for the future.

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New ‘Hunchback’ Streamlines and Humanizes

By Bill Eadie | September 19, 2016 | 0

If you saw the La Jolla production and wanted it to be better, it’s worth the drive to see what “better” looks like…

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‘Sister Act’ a Crowd-pleasing Opener for Moonlight

By Bill Eadie | June 16, 2016 | 0

Moonlight Stage Productions’ opening show of the summer season, Sister Act, should prove to be a crowd pleaser…

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‘Beauty and the Beast’ Still Casts a Beauty of a Spell

By Martin Jones Westlin | November 27, 2015 | 0

‘Beauty and the Beast’ was first presented as a nursery rhyme in an 18th-century kids magazine — and just as the printed word enables the imagination, so to does it conspire to fuel an absolutely marveloous Broadway / San Diego entry at the Civic Theatre.

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