14 Nov
2023
14 Nov
'23
4:20 p.m.
*Pippin*, the musical now at Baldwin Wallace University’s Kleist Center for Art & Drama, explores what might happen to a royal prince who yearns to do something extraordinary. The Broadway show directed by Bob Fosse (with book by Roger O. Hirson and music and lyrics by Stephen Schartz) premiered in the 1970s, but it’s been revived numerous times. A musical satire, *Pippin* enjoys the same light-hearted, ironic style seen in Leonard Bernstein’s *Candide*. Both musicals poke fun at the futility of human ambition, but they do so with such lively dance and songs that we can’t help but enjoy the show (and the object lessons). See full review at https://coolcleveland.com/2023/11/theater-review-pippin-baldwin-wallace-by-l...