Saturday, May 21, 2022

another review

 I saw the all music program "The Greatest Showman" at First Pres Theater this evening and it was excellent.  I was helping with concessions and an older gentleman came up to the counter and told us that he had worked at Radio City Music Hall for several years and never seen anything better than the show this evening.  High praise indeed.  This was the first show of the new season and the first directed by our new director.  It really was excellent.  There was a big staircase at the center of the stage, with singers coming up and down, a live orchestra, tap dancers, aerial acrobats suspended on long strips of cloth, lots of special effects lights, dancers, gymnasts and many talented singers.  I'm not sure where he got them all.  I know Fort Wayne is full of talent, but he seems to have found the best of the best.  I have never seen the First Pres stage so alive.  I think it's the beginning of a great new era.  Cheers and kudos.  

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