Wayne LeGette as Benji Weitz in Dr. Radio. By Hap ErsteinComposer-lyricist-musical director Christopher McGovern has been involved with most of the musicals at Florida Stage in the last few years, including writing songs in period style to complement the hits associated with Ginger Rogers (Backwards in High Heels) and Jimmy Cagney (Cagney!).But with the exception of a … [Read more...]
Theater review: Florida Stage’s ‘Some Kind of Wonderful’ is wonderful — as revues go, that is
Michelle Pereira, Dana Dawson, Eric Collinsand Irene Adjan in Some Kind of Wonderful.By Hap ErsteinFor no particular reason other than its aging Baby Boomer audience — of which I am one, by the way — Florida Stage has commissioned a musical revue of the pop song hits of the years 1960 to 1965 to fill its summer show slot. The result is called Some Kind of Wonderful, a … [Read more...]