Posts Tagged ‘Tim Rice’
‘Jesus Christ Superstar’ Rocks and Shocks at Civic Theatre
Strange thing, it’s mystifying how the songs we grew up with, by then 21-year-old composer Andrew Lloyd Webber and 25-year-old lyricist Tim Rice, don’t sound the same as they did on the old stereo…
Read MoreDisney Meets Islam Fantasy and the Winner is that Magic Carpet
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.
Read MoreRafiki Rules the Serengeti As ‘Lion King’ Loses Some Edge
We come from dust, and that’s about where we’re headed — and Africa’s Serengeti is a classic case in point in Disney’s mount of the iconic ‘The Lion King.’ San Diego first saw the show 11 years ago to wild acclaim, but the overwrought current installment is accompanied by some dust of its own.
Read MoreWelk’s ‘Superstar’ Designed to Impress
Jesus Christ Superstar is a show that’s designed to impress, and it does so, with a few caveats…
Read More‘Beauty and the Beast’ Still Casts a Beauty of a Spell
‘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.
Read MoreLamb’s’ Fair ‘Joseph’ Forgets Its Roots
Lamb’s Players Theatre is back at what it does best, branding an acclaimed stage piece with its own tight-knit look and feel. The problem is that the story behind ‘Joseph And the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat’ falls short of the company’s renowned potential.
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