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The Cher Show

March 19, 2025 by Eddie Reynolds

The Cher Show Rick Elice (Book); Various Artists (Music & Lyrics) Broadway San Jose Born in El Centro, California of an Armenian-American truck driver father with drug and gambling problems and a mixed-European-heritage, actress and model mother (parents who divorced when she was ten months old), Cheryl Sarkisian was mocked at school in the 1950s as a … [Read more...] about The Cher Show

1776

May 17, 2023 by Eddie Reynolds

1776 Sherman Edwards (Music & Lyrics); Peter Stone (Book) Broadway San Jose How familiar does this sound?  A Congress that seems to get nothing done.  A Congress that is divided into two factions that can barely tolerate each other.  Committees upon committees where members of Congress meet to debate ad nauseum and decide little.  Members of Congress debating who … [Read more...] about 1776

Pretty Woman

March 22, 2023 by Eddie Reynolds

Pretty Woman, The Musical Gerry Marshall & J.F. Lawton (Book); Bryan Adams & Jim Vallance (Music & Lyrics) Based on Touchstone Pictures motion picture by J.F. Lawton Broadway San Jose A billionaire New Yorker who buys at bargain prices troubled companies only to dismantle them and sell the pieces for millions in profits picks up a prostitute in a shady … [Read more...] about Pretty Woman

Man of La Mancha

June 12, 2022 by Eddie Reynolds

Man of La Mancha Mitch Leigh (Music); Joe Darion (Lyrics); Dale Wasserman (Book) San Jose Playhouse Before even a word is spoken, Scott Evan Guggenheim directs one of the most gripping, disturbing, and memorable scenes of the evening’s production of Man of La Mancha by San Jose Playhouse.  Before us is Julie Engelbrecht’s jarring set design that is too similar to … [Read more...] about Man of La Mancha

Dear Evan Hansen

June 10, 2022 by Eddie Reynolds Leave a Comment

Dear Evan Hansen Steven Levenson (Book); Benj Pasek & Justin Paul (Music & Lyrics) Broadway San Jose After yet another frustrating breakfast with sons who refuse to engage, two mothers of high school seniors each sing in desperation, “Does anybody have a map? Anybody maybe happened to know how the hell to do this?”  Heidi’s son, Evan, is reclusive and stumbles … [Read more...] about Dear Evan Hansen

Miss Saigon

November 14, 2019 by Eddie Reynolds Leave a Comment

The story originating from Puccini’s much-beloved opera Madame Butterfly is well enough known that most audience members arrive – as they might for Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet – anticipating the tragic ending to its ill-fated love story.  Decade-long runs both in London and New York in the 1990s as well as continual, packed-house tours worldwide these past twenty years also … [Read more...] about Miss Saigon

“Fiddler on the Roof”

May 22, 2019 by Eddie Reynolds Leave a Comment

Fiddler on the RoofJoseph Stein (Book); Jerry Bock (Music); Sheldon Harnick (Lyrics)Broadway San JoseThe Cast of Fiddler on the RoofAfter its record-setting, award-winning initial run on Broadway in 1964; its five Broadway revivals since; countless openings on local and touring stages globally and in towns and cities from coast to coast in America – not to mention the 1971 film … [Read more...] about “Fiddler on the Roof”

“On Your Feet!”

October 10, 2018 by Eddie Reynolds Leave a Comment

On Your Feet!Alexander Dinelaris (Book); Emilio & Gloria Estefan & Miami Sound Machine (Music & Lyrics)Broadway San Jose Christie Prades & Adriel FleteAs jukebox, biographical musicals have continued to find their way to the Great White Way and beyond -- often packing in adoring audiences for years even when critics might be at best lukewarm in initial reception … [Read more...] about “On Your Feet!”

“Jersey Boys”

June 6, 2018 by Eddie Reynolds Leave a Comment

Jersey BoysMarshall Brickman & Rick Elice (Book)Bob Gaudio (Music); Bob Crewe (Lyrics)BroadwaySan JoseThe Cast of Jersey BoysThe 2005, multi-Tony-award-winning Jersey Boys just keeps packing in audiences everywhere it goes, with crowds jumping to their feet for standing ovations the second the last crooning has been crooned.  Many are like I, seeing Jersey Boys last … [Read more...] about “Jersey Boys”

“Love Never Dies”

March 14, 2018 by Eddie Reynolds Leave a Comment

Love Never DiesAndrew Lloyd Webber (Music); Glenn Slater (Lyrics); Ben Elton (Book)Charles Hart (Additional Lyrics); David Cullen & Andrew Lloyd Webber (Orchestration)Broadway San JoseGarder Thor Cortes & Meghan PicernoSince the longest running show in Broadway history opened in 1988 and after its six-year, record-breaking run in San Francisco (1993-1999), I must admit … [Read more...] about “Love Never Dies”

“The King and I”

February 21, 2018 by Eddie Reynolds Leave a Comment

The King and IRichard Rodgers (Music) and Oscar Hammerstein II (Lyrics & Book)Based upon the novel Anna and the King by Margaret LandonBroadway San JoseLaura Michelle Kelly When a gloriously played overture pours forth hit after hit right out of the Great American Songbook, there is no doubt that the musical to follow is likely to be an evening to be savored.  If the … [Read more...] about “The King and I”

“Rent: 20th Anniversary Tour”

January 24, 2018 by Eddie Reynolds Leave a Comment

Rent: 20thAnniversary TourJonathan Larson (Book, Music & Lyrics)Broadway San JoseThe Cast of Rent: 20th Anniversary TourA year ago, “Rent: 20thAnniversary Tour” rolled into San Francisco for a multi-week run at the Golden Gate Theatre, resulting in many rave reviews from critics and audience members alike (including this reviewer).  A year later, the tour that began in … [Read more...] about “Rent: 20th Anniversary Tour”

“Disney’s The Little Mermaid”

September 27, 2017 by Eddie Reynolds Leave a Comment

Disney’s The Little MermaidAlan Menken (Music); Howard Ashman & Glenn Slater (Lyrics); Doug Wright (Book)Broadway San JoseThe Cast of The Little MermaidA stage-filling, blue screen full of bubbles that boringly bobbled up and down a few inches in each direction as the packed audience filled the San Jose Center for the Performing Arts should have been all the evidence we … [Read more...] about “Disney’s The Little Mermaid”

“Annie”

January 7, 2017 by Eddie Reynolds Leave a Comment

AnnieThomas Meehan (Book); Charles Strouse (Music); Martin Charnin (Lyrics)Broadway San JoseSandy & Tori BatesAs the trumpet and trombone trade notes and intertwine in an opening duet of just a few seconds, the universally familiar words must be running through virtually all audience members’ heads: “The sun will come out ... tomorrow.”  It would seem that if there is … [Read more...] about “Annie”

“The Sound of Music”

November 11, 2016 by Eddie Reynolds Leave a Comment

The Sound of MusicRichard Rodgers (Music) & Oscar Hammerstein II (Lyrics)Howard Lindsay & Russel Crouse (Book)Broadway San JoseKerstin Anderson as 'Maria Rainer' and the von Trapp Children:  Iris Davies (Brigitta), Anika Lore Hatch (Gretl), Austin Levine (Kurt), Kyla Carter (Marta), Ashley Brooke (Louisa), Roy Gantz (Friedrich), Paige Silvester (Liesl)For many in … [Read more...] about “The Sound of Music”

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