Originally produced off-Broadway in 1997, the show follows the story of a disfigured young woman traveling by bus to a faith healer she hopes will be able to change her face.
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HOW TO ORDER: By calling 51 or online at croswell.A journey of hope, healing and redemption is at the core of Violet, a musical that will be presented at the Croswell Opera House in Adrian, MI beginning July 12. Its production is big, splashy, high-energy, puts a tremendous cast of singers and dancers on stage - and is just plain fun. By any measure, it’s a massive show that requires a lot of its cast, its orchestra, and its crew.Īnd the Croswell does it superbly. “Anything Goes” is one of those light, frothy, song-and-dance extravaganzas that used to be American musical theater’s bread and butter. But all that is pretty minor in the whole scheme of things, and easily fixed. And then there was the time that an entire section of the set got jammed up by the people moving it. The Act I transition between Scene 2 and Scene 3 was kind of awkward, and later on an unheard first sound cue evoking off-stage skeet shooting made things confusing for a moment.
Huge kudos, too, for costumer Pam Krage’s tour de force job in outfitting such a large cast and doing so with some very nice pieces that really add to the show’s look.įor a production with the array of technical demands this show has - lighting, sound, getting people and things on and offstage - opening night went off almost, but not quite, without a hitch. The cast of "Anything Goes" performs a scene from the classic Cole Porter musical at the Croswell Opera House. American looks good and is really effective not only for the way characters move around the stage but also in the way scenes transition. The ensemble - and it’s a pretty large one - looks like it’s the ship’s orchestra, which makes it all really organic and it works.ĭoug Miller’s design for the S.S. Music director Ray Novak, for his part, does a fine job leading a top-notch orchestra that gets to show its stuff right up onstage, instead of being hidden away in the pit.
When it comes to all that great Cole Porter music in this show, vocal director Mandy Kruse has done a fine job of getting this cast to sound terrific. People in the opening-night audience not only cheered as it went on, but some even stood up and applauded while there was still half the number to go, and it’s totally understandable why because it’s a spectacular piece. The way, for example, that the dance starts out in “It’s De-Lovely” and then grows into something much larger - with a look and feel that’s very classic for a musical of its particular era - is really interesting (never mind that Hope’s dress, on opening night at least, left a trail of feathers across the stage).Īnd then there’s the Act I finale, which likewise begins small and then builds and builds into this massive, high-octane tap number. I also like Sarah Nowak’s choreography for this show a lot. Steve Antalek as Moonface Martin and Amber Woollcott as Reno Sweeney sing "Friendship" in a scene from "Anything Goes" at the Croswell Opera House.
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