Review: Hale Centre Theatre Brings Back BEAUTY AND THE BEAST’s Spectacle and Soul
This team has somehow brought back not only the spectacle of the original Broadway production but also its soul. The audience is completely enraptured by both sincere storytelling and production value that is beyond compare, including scenic design that needs to be seen to be believed, swoonworthy pyrotechnics and aerial choreography, tastefully stunning projections and costuming, wonderfully fresh direction, and beautiful performances.
BWW Review: You'll Laugh a Lot at SCERA's SPAMALOT
Be prepared to laugh a lot at the SCERA’s solid community theatre production of Monty Python’s SPAMALOT, filled with witty zingers, clever sight gags, and production numbers every bit as over-the-top as they should be.
AIDA Will Close SCERA's Indoor Season
Director Matthew Herrick had his first stage experience as a seven-year-old soprano in the SCERA Boys Choir. He volunteered at the movie theater, was an administrative office assistant, and later appeared onstage as an actor at the SCERA Shell Outdoor Theatre. His love for SCERA runs deep.
Photo Flash: All Holy Breaks Loose at SCERA's Production of SISTER ACT
The cast has come up with a hashtag #DivasWhoBelieva, and the divine divas of SCERA's "Sister Act: The Musical" are prepared to dazzle. The premise: It's the 1970s and exuberant disco diva Deloris Van Cartier wants a recording contract. Little does she know that soon she will be singing praises to heaven instead as she hides in a convent while eluding a gangster boyfriend.
Photo Flash: SEUSSICAL The Musical Opens 7/7 at SCERA Shell
SCERA President and CEO Adam J. Robertson and Shawn M. Mortensen, who has twice played the Cat in the Hat, fondly remember SCERA's 2004 production of "Seussical." This time around, Mortensen takes on the musical as the director and choreographer, and is passing the acting hat to Eric James Smith and says, "I can't imagine handing the role over to anyone else!"