[NEohioPAL]Critics praise The Last Five Years at Dobama!

[Marjorie Preston, PR Marketing Director]

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The critics have spoken!  The Last Five Years receives praise!

>From Christine Howey of the Cleveland Scene:
"there are so many telling, wistful, and hilarious moments along the way...
tunes that range from pop simplicity to operatic complexity...Melodic and
lyrical surprises abound...many delicious interludes...tender emotions do
come through...briskly paced staging and...imaginative use of the excellent
three-piece musical ensemble...one forgets the show is essentially a concert
featuring a dozen solos and a couple of duets...If you're fond of musicals
with happy endings, look elsewhere. But if you enjoy tunes with attitude,
the final vignette of The Last Five Years will stay with you: Jamie and
Cathy sharing a bed and virtually nothing else as they sing their way into
and out of a love that may never have existed."
Full story:
http://www.clevescene.com/issues/2004-04-28/stage.html/1/index.html


>From James Damico of the Free Times:
"ANY CHANCE TO CATCH the musically luminous Sandra Simon practicing her
bewitching artistry ranks as a special occasion...Dobama's first-rate
production consistently zeroes in on the show's strengths...investigate this
offbeat offering."
Full story:
http://www.freetimes.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=1
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>From Cool Cleveland's Kelly Ferjutz:
"Start with an award-winning intimate (small) musical, add in two of
Northeast Ohio's best singing actors, Sandra Simon and Scott Plate, mix well
with an award-winning director and professor of Musical Theatre, Victoria
Bussert of Great Lakes Theater Festival and Baldwin-Wallace (and elsewhere)
and if you're lucky, you'll end up with The Last Five Years as currently
seen at Dobama Theatre. Jason Robert Brown is a most unusual phenomenon in
theatre-he does it ALL by himself. He writes the words, the music, the book.
It all fits, it all works, and very well, too."
Full story:
http://www.coolcleveland.com/index.php/Main/TheLastFiveYearsAtDobamaTheatreB
yKellyFerjutz

>From Cool Cleveland's Lee Perrino:
"This production, directed by Victoria Bussert, has an exceptional
repertoire of tunes that cover a full range of emotions and styles...The
play is fun, honest and painful."
Full story:
http://www.coolcleveland.com/index.php/Main/TheLastFiveYearsAtDobamaTheatreB
yLeePerrino


>From Tony Brown of the Plain Dealer:
"Obviously, there is much fun and feeling to be had with The Last Five
Years. Bussert very often seizes the opportunities, with help from her cast
and designers...the two-person musical is yet another example of the promise
of one of our leading young musical-theater composers, who won a Tony Award
in 1999, before he turned 30, for the muscular score of 'Parade'...
demonstrates Dobama artistic director Joyce Casey's tenacious commitment to
producing fresh and challenging works... passion that smolders deep within
director Victoria Bussert.... widely variegated palette of musical styles to
humorously and poignantly examine the launch, downhill slide and demolition
of the marriage of successful novelist Jamie and struggling actress Cathy."
Full story:
http://www.cleveland.com/search/index.ssf?/base/entertainment/10829718032454
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>From Fran Heller of the Cleveland Jewish News:
"Under the assured hand of Victoria Bussert, who makes her directorial debut
at Dobama with this charming piece, the high-voltage production throbs with
energy and imagination, and has the word 'polish' written all over it...Like
Sondheim, Brown's haunting melodies speak to the heart while his lyrics
nudge the intellect...The only duet is the very beautiful melody, 'The Next
10 Minutes,' when Cathy and Jamie marry. All the other songs are presented
solo, a reflection of their derailing relationship. The closing ballad,
during which a saddened Jamie says goodbye forever, and a starry-eyed Cathy
sings goodbye until tomorrow is gorgeous; it ends the musical on a high
note... It takes a while to warm to the show's structure and drift, but by
the walloping finale, the emotional temperature is piping hot."
Full story:
http://www.cjn.org/articles/2004/05/04/features/arts/note0430.txt


>From Roy Berko of The Times Newspapers:
"The show captures the heartbreaking and universally felt moments of modern
romance...the right fit of theatre and musical.  The Last Five Years is a
wise choice.  It has a contemporary message to tell and it tells it well."
http://lists.fredsternfeld.com/pipermail/neohiopal/Week-of-Mon-20040426/0092
71.html


>From Herb Hammer of The Times:
"Both [Scott Plate and Sandy Simon] have mountains of talent...[Sandy Simon
is] a pleasure to watch and listen to."


>From Jarrod Zickefoose of the Sun Newspapers:
"We believe in the strength of their love...because of buoyant numbers like
'Shiksa Goddess' and heartfelt songs like 'The Next Ten Minutes' and 'If I
Didn't Believe in You,' all performed by the Swiss Army knife of local
acting, Scott Plate."

The Last Five Years runs through May 16th at Dobama Theatre
Reservations: (216) 932-3396
www.dobama.org


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Dobama Theatre is proud to present:
through May 16
The Last Five Years by Jason Robert Brown, directed by Victoria Bussert and
featuring Scott Plate and Sandy Simon
"...high-voltage production" -Fran Heller, Cleveland Jewish News
"...first-rate production" -James Damico, Free Times

through May 16:
The New Works Festival in Dobama's Night Kitchen
Fridays and Saturdays at 11:00 p.m. - Sundays at 7:00 p.m.
Thief's Knot by Steven Christopher Yockey 5/7, 5/8, 5/9, 5/16
Dirge (for a failed bris) by Jakob Holder 5/14, 5/15, special 5/16
performance 8:30 p.m.
See both productions 5/16 for only $10

June 10-13:
The 26th Annual Marilyn Bianchi Kids' Playwriting Festival
And Marilyn's Festival in the Night Kitchen


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