[NEohioPAL] Review of "The Music Man" at Porthouse Theatre

[Bob Abelman]

Evergreen musical ‘The Music Man’ gets a proper staging at Porthouse



Bob Abelman

Cleveland Jewish News, The News Herald, The Morning Journal



Is there a better time than now to escape to Meredith Willson’s musical comedy safe-haven of River City, Iowa in 1912?  



And is there a better place to do it than at the Porthouse amphitheater, summer home of the Equity actor-enhanced productions of Kent State University’s musical theater program?



This is just the kind of time-honored classic that is squarely in the wheelhouse of director Terri Kent, choreographer John Crawford-Spinelli and music director Jonathan Swoboda, who opt for sincerity in their depiction of these people and their world rather than the satire often attempted by too many others.  



For more of this review, go to:  www.clevelandjewishnews.com/columnists/bob_abelman/
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