Theatre Review: Chicago Sun-Times
'American Dream' shines during Bernstein revival
Jason Loewith might just be "the new
Music
Man.
" Loewith's decision to revive Bernstein's "
Tahiti
" was inspired, and he has staged it with enormous style, zest and heart.
Theatre Review: Chicago Tribune
'Songbook' has a singing, sardonic take on marriage
...the marquee event is executed extremely well and, as a bonus, the night ends strongly with Schmidt's song "The Little American Dream."
Theatre Review: The Daily Herald
American dream gets close examination in haunting opera
Whatever trouble it takes to get to
Evanston
's Next Theatre, Leonard Bernstein's jazzy "Trouble in
Tahiti
" is worth it...they'll flock to Next Theatre for Jason Loewith's intimate, thoughtfully imagined and vibrantly sung production.
Theatre Review: WMFT radio
Bernstein’s American Dream
…one more step to understanding and comprehending Leonard Bernstein and therefore to understanding and comprehending American music and ourselves.
Theatre Review: Windy City
...five top-flight singing actors who have mastered Bernstein's rhythms and key changes, and the sense of his words, with apparent ease under music director Jeremy Ramey, who leads a brass-rich small instrumental ensemble...
Theatre Review: Chicago Free Press
Next Theatre hits another homer with “The American Dream Songbook,”
Impeccable musicianship and laser-focused drama...it also showcases the invigorating talent of
Chicago
actor-singers and musicians. We really are this good.
Theatre Review: Illinois Wire
The show is still another innovative concept from that house of innovation, the Next Theatre.
Theatre Preview: Chicago Tribune
Was it ever a picket fence? Next Theatre combines Bernstein opera with new works in show about the American Dream
For his own part, Loewith sees the American Dream as having devolved over the decades from a shared vision of freedom to a lust for personal fame. "I'm interested in seeing," he says, "how the fact that we no longer share the same dreams affects our ability to be a community." |
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