Please, No Star Quality in “Company”
There’s been some criticism of the performance of Alxander Jon in the central role of Robert. I am not surprised: The character of the just-turned-35 bachelor, moved to review his life choices as he interacts with the five married couples who are his closest friends, is one of the trickiest roles in modern musicals. Nonetheless, Jon’s performance is well-crafted from first to last and his casting is a masterstroke. Here’s why. . . BY BOB VERINI
Shakers and Red Beards
Is it an oxymoron to speak of “a cappella karaoke”? Yet that’s what New York’s durable The Wooster Group performs in its return to REDCAT with a “record album interpretation” of the fabled 1976 Rounder Records release featuring Sister R. Mildred Barker and the United Society of Shakers of Sabbathday Lake, Maine. Well, Side “A” anyway, the flip side in this 50-minute presentation remains unsung. BY MYRON MEISEL
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