GREAT WRITING, GREAT DANCING, SOME GREAT PERFORMANCES, MUCH OF THE SINGING UNTELLIGIBLE. Even Hamilton's son death story was under whelming. You need to look into that, you need to--.
It was easy to understand everyone & so entertaining! I was horribly disappointed. Playwright & Co-Creator. The musical was even better than the book. Shout sister shout seattle review.htm. The overall aural impression was a high decibel level. Musicals: Striking 12 (Off-Broadway & regional), Sleeping Beauty Wakes (CTG, McCarter, La Jolla), Wheelhouse (TheatreWorks), Toy Story: The Musical (Disney), Long Story Short (regional), Ernest Shackleton Loves Me (2nd Stage, Seattle Rep), Watt?!? I would highly recommend this to anyone.
Mama (Wilona Wilson). So powerful, so emotional, so very well done. There is a lot for me to learn and I'm looking forward to getting started. A pioneer in the music industry, she is known as the first gospel recording star and was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2018. The actors seem to change octaves or keys periodically and the dancers were good though not always in sync. The poor guy is going nuts. I went to the Thursday night showing. Serving as an extension of the Writers Theatre mission, WT Education programs engage an average 10, 000 students each year with active learning opportunities centered around the written word. Later on as a playwright I used those same listening skills to observe the contradictions between what people said and what they did, and I was always trying to reconcile that dissonance. Writers Theatre now welcomes more than 60, 000 patrons each season and has helped establish the North Shore of Chicago as a premier cultural destination. SHOUT SISTER SHOUT!" Event Review! 11/16/19. Director Randy Johnson, along with Music Director Sheilah V. Walker and Choreographer William Carlos Angulo, keep the pace and the music going leaving never a dull moment. At first I questioned that it would be the same with the touring cast, but after a few minutes I thought it was just as good, maybe better.
If this is the caliber of material the Seattle Rep produces, I hope to be invited back for every other show they have this season. Samantha Graine from Richmond, Virginia. But threatening to report that suspicion in exchange for a promotion? What impressed me the most was being so close we could see the facial expressions and body movements of everyone of them. We noticed several other people who left during intermission also. Event Type||Event Dates|. I am following the rules. Broadway-bound ‘Shout Sister Shout’ musical inspired by Sister Rosetta Tharpe finds creative team. The song tempos were too fast in a few songs, making it difficult for the performers to keep up. The theater's mission is embedded in its very name, and the commitment Writers Theatre has to playwrights, artists and the written word speaks to my passions as an artist, a producer and a director. Regional: Man in the Ring, The White Card, Seize the King, Ma Rainey's Black Bottom, Radio City Rockettes, Trustee American Theater Wing. It was magnificent in Baltimore, the touring company interpreted a few songs differently but it added to the overall production. Her role grew from volunteer, to the first woman President of the Los Angeles Urban League Young Professionals and an active member of their board of directors. Tonya Campbell from Louisville, Kentucky.
"On behalf of the Board of Trustees, I am thrilled that Braden Abraham will be serving Writers Theatre as its new Artistic Director, " comments Board Chair Mary Pat Studdert. I've seen many a musical or play, and this is by far at the bottom of the list. Her Broadway Credits: Street Corner Symphony and Big River original casts. Writers Theatre names Braden Abraham as new Artistic Director. If this is only the opening bit of segueing him into a more robust story arc that helps the character evolve and grow and does him justice, then so be it. I saw Hamilton at Proctors, in Schenectady, NY on August 14, 2019.