Welcome to Part 3 of my year-in-review! Part 1 is here (link) and Part 2 is here (link) . In Part 2, I told you about Broadway shows that I think should be performed again, by community theater groups. In this section, I’ll tell you about the shows that I think are worth revisiting just to listen to and appreciate. Many of them are available to be performed, but for various reasons they didn’t make my previous list. Again, each musical is listed with the year of its Broadway debut, the organization who holds licensing rights, and information about the musical. Most of the musicals have recordings on Spotify, and for the others I have provided links to recordings that others in the Broadway 2 A Day community have found. *** 1. Shinbone Alley 1957, Music Theatre International (under the title archy & mehitabel ) Synopsis: A cockroach writes a newspaper column about his life and about his love, a wayward alley cat. Why this show: This has got one of the we
Reviewing community theater shows in the Twin Cities