Few Risks Taken with Broadway Classics

Winnipeg Free Press (November 09, 2008)

Author: Harris, Holly
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Summary:

You know that any show with "legendary" in its title is not really going to rock the boat. The excerpts from six musicals dating from 1955-1975 are classics that have been performed an unimaginable number of times. Despite Broadway's fondness for revivals, the challenge becomes how to deliver these old chestnuts in fresh new ways, that otherwise risk becoming antiquated, musical relics from 42nd Street.

Anne Runolfsson sings like a smoky cabaret chanteuse, with her sultry voice creating poignant intensity in Some People (from Gypsy), as well as a heartfelt Sunrise, Sunset (from Fiddler on the Roof) sung with LaBreque. She asserted her strong stage presence in Hello Dolly, accompanied by a politely enthusiastic chorus of twelve of Winnipeg's finest choral singers.

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Few Risks Taken with Broadway Classics

THE Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra paid its respects to the Great White Way Friday night, with a trio of Broadway stars belti...



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