Cessy Newmon

Gypsy is on show at the Alhambra

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August 25, 2024
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Words by Cessy Newmon Rove over to the Alhambra for an evening of GYPSY for a wonderful time. Take a colorful memoir, add a book by Arthur Laurents, music by Jule Styne, and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, and you get the fascinating fable that exceeds the infamy of the original character of Gypsy Rose Lee.  While not biographical, the story
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Urine Good Hands at the 5andDime

Urinetown: The Musical, the quirky satirical musical comedy with music by Mark Hollman, lyrics by Hollmann and Greg Kotis, and book by Kotis hit the floor at the 5&Dime this past weekend.  The premise of the show is a time when water is scarce, so it is a privilege to

A Seasonal Miracle at 34th St at the Alhambra

November 25, 2023
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Miracle on 34th Street: The Musical focuses on a man named Kris Kringle, who claims to be Santa Claus (Pete Clapsis), and his interactions young Susan Walker (Kat DeCicco) and her mother, Doris (Sarah Middough).  Doris works for Macy’s and hires the kindly Kris as the store’s Santa.  At Macy’s
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A Fiddler on the Roof… at the Alhambra

July 29, 2023
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A fiddler on the roof. Sounds crazy, no? This is the opening line to one of the longest-running and most-revived musicals in Broadway history.  Based on a set of stories written in Yiddish (a cross mostly between German and Hebrew) by Sholom Aleichem, it is based on Aleichem’s personal experiences in their
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