‘Two Gentlemen of Verona’: Harman Hall musical, if not trippy, is worth the trip
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It's fair to think of the 1971 Tony-winning musical "Two Gentlemen of Verona" as "Hair II": same composer (Galt MacDermot), same gestalt (antiwar, pro-sex, whirling hippies, whoo!).
Glow sticks are being handed out at the door this weekend for the Shakespeare Theatre Company's giggly concert version of the show, though that seems about as close to trippy as director Amanda Dehnert wants to get. The performance is not especially DayGlo vibrant or free-love lusty — and from "Night Letter" to "Hot Lover," the quick-hitting rock tunes percolate with pheromones. But it's a flip, frisky evening, and often wonderfully sung.
Read full article >>Karen Tumulty, Philip Rucker 30 Jan, 2012
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