BY SAM DESMOND Accomplishing the monumental task of telling a story with the heartfelt, introspective psychology of a straight play while maintaining the glamour of the choreography and talent of the cast, co-directors Patrick Campbell…
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BY SAM DESMOND With many iterations, origin stories, and sequels, “The Wizard of Oz” has its own world of fan fiction, but nothing beats the original score and story of the 1939 classic. The CM…
BY JAIME ZAHL As soon as CM Performing Arts Center’s live orchestra struck up the first few chords of “The Wizard of Oz’s” iconic overture, a wave of nostalgia hummed throughout the Noel S Ruiz…
By Melissa Giordano The Noel S. Ruiz Theatre at CM Performing Arts Center (CMPAC) does it again with a thrilling showing of Ronald Dahl’s Matilda. With a clever original score by Tim Minchin and book by Dennis Kelly,…
Come to the ‘Cabaret!’ Opening night features charisma under the threat of fascism By Sam Desmond The CM Performing Arts Center opened its second show for its 49th season on Saturday, Sept. 17 with “Cabaret.”…
BY SAM DESMOND The 49th season premiere for the CM Theater for Performing Arts was ushered in with 1950s-era-appropriate food and cars for their production of “Bye Bye Birdie.” The popular musical, made even more…
by Nicholas Pontolillo Closing out its 48th season, CMPAC does manage to put on a dazzling production of Hello Dolly, albeit a few hiccups, which I will attribute to opening night jitters. Based on Thornton Wilder‘s play, The Matchmaker,…
By Sam Desmond Coinciding with the Met Gala’s Gilded Age theme, another late 19th-century homage to the era of robber barons and dollar princesses was CM Performing Arts Center’s opening night of “Hello, Dolly!” The…
by Shelley Dean The Noel S. Ruiz Theatre at CM Performing Arts Center (CMPAC) has officially opened their much-anticipated production of the hit rock opera Jesus Christ Superstar. The Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice production tells the widely known story…
