Review: URINETOWN at Derby Dinner Playhouse
by Taylor Clemons - February 22, 2025
What did our critic think of URINETOWN at Derby Dinner Playhouse? What is Urinetown? For the purposes of this review, I’m going to be referring to the musical, not the place. Urinetown premiered on Broadway in 2001 and was an early, popular example of meta-satire in the Broadway musical landscape. I...
Review: MAMMA MIA! Presented by Broadway Across America at Kentucky Performing Arts
by Taylor Clemons - December 05, 2024
It’s been over 9 years since Mamma Mia played it’s final performance on Broadway. The show was a Broadway mainstay for nearly 15 years before closing in 2015, and no production since has truly been able to capture the pure joy of what makes the show so great. At the height of its success, it spawned...
Review: JERSEY BOYS at Derby Dinner Playhouse
by Taylor Clemons - August 23, 2024
What did our critic think of JERSEY BOYS at Derby Dinner Playhouse? The biography jukebox musical is quite the unique brand of theatre experience. So many come to mind in recent years (Beautiful, The Cher Show, MJ, Tina, etc.), but you could easily argue that Jersey Boys was the first of its kind in...