Category: Staged Reading

Love is Dead – Staged Musical Reading – Mini Review – Village Theatre

Caught Love is Dead staged musical reading by Brett Ryback & Jeff Luppino-Esposito at Village Theatre’s 23rd Festival of New Musicals! 🎭 Rom-com featuring Lauren Paris, James D. Gish, and Mark Emerson served up funny randomness. Intriguing preview of what’s coming to their mainstage season. I wanna know more about the knife!... Click to read more

Widows – Staged Musical Reading – Mini Review – Village Theatre

Congrats to Kira Stone and Matthew Greene on the first-ever public reading of their Widows musical at Village Theatre. Dark-humor twist on the sisterhood of traditional 1950s suburban housewives, where the American Dream shatters and the twists keep coming. Fierce, attitude-filled diva anthems, sung with on-point voices. Lauren Drake's effortless belt earned an extended ovation, along with Andi Alhadeff. Opening reading in the The 23rd Annual Festival of New Musicals. 4 more different shows left this weekend!... Click to read more

The 21st Annual Festival of New Musicals – Staged Musical Readings – Review – Village Theatre

Congrats to Village Theatre for a successful 4-show weekend marathon of The 21st Annual Festival of New Musicals. 3 true stories, 2 folky scores, & 26-ish hours to prepare for most staged reading performances. As Brandon Ivie said last weekend, it was a feat worthy of the current Olympic season. Totally better than the Olympics or Sky Angels! ... Click to read more