<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style=""><span style="text-align:justify;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline">Review of "Waitress" by Laura Kennelly</span></div><div class="gmail_default" style=""><span style="font-size:12pt;text-align:justify;background-color:transparent;font-family:"Times New Roman";color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br></span></div><div class="gmail_default" style=""><span style="font-size:12pt;text-align:justify;background-color:transparent;font-family:"Times New Roman";color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">“If </span><span style="font-size:12pt;text-align:justify;background-color:transparent;font-family:"Times New Roman";color:rgb(0,0,0);text-decoration-line:line-through;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">music food</span><span style="font-size:12pt;text-align:justify;background-color:transparent;font-family:"Times New Roman";color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> pie be the food of love, play on” [alt-Shakespeare]. That could be the motif for “Waitress,” the first 2017-2018 Playhouse Square Broadway series production. Pie features prominently in this musical directed by Tony-Award winner Diane Paulus and featuring songs by Sara Bareilles and book by Jessie Nelson. It’s based on the 2007 film “Waitress” by Adrienne Shelly. </span><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><span id="gmail-docs-internal-guid-39f188b3-46d6-761e-dc10-587c0501433f"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br class="gmail-kix-line-break"></span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">This finely-crafted show in the Connor Palace opens the national tour of the Broadway hit that’s still playing in NYC. We may be in Cleveland, but we might as well be in New York as far as cast, sets, and performances go. “Waitress” revels in a slickly presented and sassy mix, blending song, great sets, recipes for imaginary pies, dancing, and sex into a sprightly musical event. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br></span></p><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">For the rest go to <a href="http://artstillmatters.com">artstillmatters.com</a> [<a href="http://artstillmatters.blogspot.com/">http://artstillmatters.blogspot.com/</a>]</span></p><div><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br></span></div></span></div><div><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr">Laura Kennelly<br>440- 973-6636<br>Berea, OH 44017<br><div><div dir="ltr" style="font-size:small"><div><br></div></div><div dir="ltr" style="font-size:small"><div><span><img style="width: 16px; height: 16px; border: 0px;"></span><span><img style="width: 16px; height: 16px; border: 0px;"></span><a href="http://coolcleveland.com/search/laura+Kennelly" style="color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:rgb(184,234,184)" target="_blank">Cool Cleveland Reviews</a></div><div><span><img style="width: 16px; height: 16px; border: 0px;"></span><span><img style="width: 16px; height: 16px; border: 0px;"></span><a href="http://artstillmatters.blogspot.com/" style="background-color:rgb(184,234,184)" target="_blank">artstillmatters.com</a></div></div><div dir="ltr" style="font-size:small"><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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