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Reviews Category: Musicals

Hadestown

Hadestown is essentially the musical version of the Greek tragedy of Orpheus and Eurydice. Like Hamilton and Six, it puts a modern spin on a historical story, though in the case of Hadestown, it’s based on a myth.  While we’re on the subject, Hadestown has a much calmer tone than either Hamilton or Six. The […]

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The Lightning Thief

The Lightning Thief is a musical based on the first book of Rick Riordan’s Percy Jackson book series. Although it only had a brief run on Broadway, it will be sticking around to go on tour. I’ve only seen the Broadway version at the time I’m writing this review, but I plan to see the […]

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Six

Next up is a show I saw in February of 2020, but before I officially start the review I’d like to give a shout out to all you Queens, you powerful women, out there who are tired of men stealing the spotlight. Who run the world? Girls! It’s time for us to reshape history and […]

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Hamilton

Now that I’ve written my first review, I suppose it’s time to discuss the musical which got the ball rolling on my passion for musical theater: Hamilton. At the risk of sounding cliche, I’ll say it anyway. This show is amazing and revolutionary; it’s famous and for good reason. By now, I’ve heard many people […]

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Beetlejuice (The Musical, The Musical, The Musical)

For my first review, I’ll start with one of my current favorites: Beetlejuice, or should I say Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice? I love this show! It’s amazing. Don’t judge it by the movie like I first did because the musical is both different and better!  Based on what I knew from the plot of the movie, […]

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