{"id":25120,"date":"2024-02-16T14:42:30","date_gmt":"2024-02-16T22:42:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/?p=25120"},"modified":"2024-02-16T14:43:43","modified_gmt":"2024-02-16T22:43:43","slug":"100-years-of-broadway-worth-seeing-despite-faults","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/2024\/02\/16\/100-years-of-broadway-worth-seeing-despite-faults\/","title":{"rendered":"100 Years of Broadway<\/em> worth seeing despite faults"},"content":{"rendered":"

On the whole, I love musicals. I love the idea of having a perfectly poetic dialogue to accompany life and I love the idea that when questions or concerns come into that life, the best thing to do (obviously) is to break out in song. Hence, when I learned of 100 Years of Broadway<\/em> playing at UVic’s Phoenix Theatre, I jumped at the chance to go see it on opening night.<\/p>\n

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100 Years of Broadway<\/em> is on now at UVic’s Phoenix Theatre (photo by Dean Kalyan).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Arranged by Mac Huff and directed by visiting director Pia Wyatt, 100 Years of Broadway is a two-hour long arrangement of well-known Broadway musical numbers stretching out over\u2014you guessed it\u2014the last 100 years.<\/p>\n

With 11 actors who may or may not have had musical theatre training, the show is often impressive, but sometimes not so much. It\u2019s a big feat, all this whirling and singing, and I’ll say that the cast throw themselves into their tasks with all they\u2019ve got to give. They are a truly spirited group.<\/p>\n

I was a bit unsure about the first act, as it seems to go through the musical selections very fast, with narrations between scores about which decade they were in, which I found unnecessary. The second act is far more pleasing, because full songs are sung, giving more of a chance to see what the cast truly has to offer.<\/p>\n

I would like to give a nod to Liam James, who sings \u201cYou\u2019ll Be Back\u201d from Hamilton<\/em>. James has something; he can sing and dance with panache and style, and he gives an already fabulous song meaning that\u2019s all his own. I think James has a promising career ahead of him.<\/p>\n

With costumes that represent part old Hollywood glam and part can-can burlesque, the show is pleasing to the eye, but unfortunately the sound and choreography could use a bit of brushing up\u2014I’m hopeful that it was mostly due to opening-night missteps.<\/p>\n

This is put on by students, and they are obviously having a grand time doing it. It\u2019s a show worth seeing, and like the Broadway pieces it represents, it will get better with every performance.<\/p>\n

100 Years of Broadway
\n<\/em>Various times and dates, until Saturday, February 24
\nVarious prices, UVic Phoenix Theatre
\nphoenixtheatres.ca<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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