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‘Bonnie & Clyde’ Musical Gunning for Broadway in the Fall – NYTimes.com

By Dave, on June 23rd, 2011

‘Bonnie & Clyde’ Musical Gunning for Broadway in the Fall – NYTimes.com.

 

I hear Clyde makes that Tommy Gun really sing.

 

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Strike Up the Band and Jason Robert Brown’s Trumpet of the Swan CDs Released June 21 – Playbill.com

By Dave, on June 21st, 2011

 

 

Strike Up the Band and Jason Robert Brown’s Trumpet of the Swan CDs Released June 21 – Playbill.com.  In Dave’s opinion, any day you can hear Gershwin is a good day.

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Top 10 Longest-Running London Theatre Shows

By Dave, on April 15th, 2011

Top 10 Longest-Running London Theatre Shows | Londonist.

This list includes a lot of shows that did well on Broadway, plus The Mousetrap (which Dave directed at his home theatre, Elkhart Civic, a few years back). The Mousetrap is a fine whodunit, but 59 years? C’mon! The others are probably not TOO much of a . . . → Read More: Top 10 Longest-Running London Theatre Shows

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25: Plays every community theatre should produce

By Dave, on November 10th, 2010

The Geeks present their picks for community theatre “must do” plays and musicals.  Classics, contemporary shows, comedies, tragedies, reviews;  they’re all candidates, but which will be blessed by the Geeks?  Guest Geek Rick Ellis joins us in this episode, the first of three taped live in October at Elkhart’s Daily Grind, with a real live . . . → Read More: 25: Plays every community theatre should produce

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19: Death takes a holiday

By Dave, on August 18th, 2010

Holiday shows are a staple of many community theatres’ seasons, and they come in all levels of complexity and cost.  But why do them at all?  Don’t we get enough holiday spirit from every other corner without feeling like we absolutely have to mount a holiday production?  If your talent pool of actors is coming . . . → Read More: 19: Death takes a holiday

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