[NEohioPAL] Review of "The Choir of Man" at Playhouse Square

[Bob Abelman]

‘The Choir of Man’ at Playhouse Square a satisfying segue to live theater 



Bob Abelman

Cleveland Jewish News, The News Herald, The Morning Journal



“The Choir of Man,” now playing at Playhouse Square, is the perfect placeholder for those starved for live theater and desperate for mask-free indoor entertainment.  



This lightweight 90-minute show is one part boy band cover concert and two parts feel-good group therapy session.  The production consists of nine amiable twenty-to-thirty-somethings hanging out in an alehouse and working their way through a jukebox song list. These highly diverse offerings are the equivalent of a mix tape that has something for everyone but will most likely enthrall no one.  



Jack Blume’s rudimentary choreography – plenty of stomping, strutting, and synchronized stepping – is executed with so much energy and abandon that it appears to be a greater achievement than it really is. 



All this works, in large part because the show’s calculated joyousness, well-rehearsed spontaneity, and infectious exuberance is delivered by very talented, predominantly British and Irish performers. 



The show also works because the world is pivoting out of a pandemic.  Audiences are so thirsty for live entertainment that we are willing to crawl through the desert that is still Playhouse Square and eagerly drink the sand.  Fortunately, free beer is offered to wash it down with.



For more of this review, go to: https://www.news-herald.com/things-to-do/the-choir-of-man-at-playhouse-square-a-satisfying-segue-back-to-live-productions-theater/article_2d8ef504-cea2-11eb-9f4e-8758acb2e9c2.html
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