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REVIEW: "Ring of Fire" at Capital Repertory Theatre

REVIEW: “Ring of Fire” at Capital Repertory Theatre

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Girls of Once

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Dreamcasting Broadway: JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR

“Listen Jesus to the warning I give, please remember I just want us to live.”

Dreamcasting Broadway: Jesus Christ Superstar

Adrienne Warren as Jesus Christ

Andrew Polec as Judas Iscariot

Maiya Quansah-Breed as Mary Magdalene

Kyle Scatliffe as Pontius Pilate

Jewelle Blackman as Caiaphas

Zara MacIntosh as Annas (Judas u/s)

Conroe Brooks as Peter (Caiaphas u/s)

Anthony Chatmon II as Simon Zealotes (Jesus u/s)

Lesli Margherita as King Herod

Alex Gibson as Apostle/Ensemble (Caiaphas u/s)

Blaine Alden Krauss as Apostle/Ensemble (Annas u/s, Simon u/s)

Cameron Amandus as Apostle/Ensemble (Peter u/s)

Chelsea Lee Williams as Apostle/Ensemble (Pilate u/s, Peter u/s)

Hannah Corneau as Apostle/Ensemble (Judas u/s)

Javier Ignacio as Apostle/Ensemble

Nora Schell as Apostle/Ensemble (Simon u/s)

Patrick Connaghan as Apostle/Ensemble (Peter u/s)

Rohit Gopal as Apostle/Ensemble (Annas u/s)

Abbi Hodgson as Ensemble (Simon u/s)

Akilah Ayanna as Reporter 1/Ensemble (Soul Girls u/s)

Alexa De Barr as Ensemble

Alexander Gil Cruz as Reporter 2/Ensemble

Allan K. Washington as Priest 3 (Judas u/s)

Alysha Deslorieux as Ensemble (Jesus u/s)

André Jordan as Soldier/Ensemble

Arica Jackson as Soul Girl/Ensemble

Ashley Andrews as Reporter 3/Ensemble

Athena Collins as Soul Girl/Ensemble (Mary u/s)

Billy Joe Kiessling as Reporter 6/Ensemble

Chris Medlin as Ensemble

Dan Gleason as Reporter 14/Ensemble (Jesus u/s)

Ericka Hunter as Ensemble

Erikka Walsh as Reporter 7/Ensemble

Grasan Kingsberry as Reporter 9/Ensemble

Gus Reed as Ensemble

J. Harrison Ghee as Soul Girl/Ensemble

Jacob Keith Watson as Priest 1/Ensemble (Herod u/s)

Kaleb Wells as Reporter 11/Ensemble (Pilate u/s)

Karis Oka as Reporter 5/Ensemble (Mary u/s)

Khori Michelle Petinaud as Ensemble

Noah Wolfe as Reporter 8/Ensemble (Mary u/s)

Paul HeeSang Miller as Reporter 4/Ensemble (Pilate u/s, Caiaphas u/s)

Rory Donovan as Reporter 12/Ensemble (Herod u/s)

Sam Aberman as Reporter 13/Ensemble

Samantha Williams as Priest 2/Ensemble (Soul Girls u/s)

Shekinah McFarlane as Reporter 10/Ensemble (Herod u/s)

Tessa Alves as Reporter 15/Ensemble

Vanessa Becerra as Reporter 16/Ensemble

Vishal Vaidya as Old Man/Ensemble

Calvin L. Cooper as Swing

Camden Gonzales as Swing

Juan Caballer as Swing

Julian Ramos as Swing

Lauralyn McClelland as Swing

Mike Baerga as Swing

Sam Strasfeld as Swing

Shannen Alyce Quan as Swing

Veronica Otim as Swing (Annas u/s, Soul Girls u/s)

*Inspired by @thediaryofatheatrekid​‘s JCS casting breakdown

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Come Light My Cigarette: The Flame Blown Out by Reality Before the Fire is Even Lit.

#frontmezzjunkies reviews: #ComeLightMyCigarette a new musical by #ArnoldLCohen #MCTheatrical

Michael J. Farina, Erikka Walsh.

Come Light My Cigarette: The Flame Blown Out by Reality Before the Fire is Even Lit.

By Ross

Come Light my Cigaretteis framed as a hot new musical with shades of Film Noir sexiness shaded in tones of black and grey. Filtered through a smokey cinematic lens, the show sounds intriguing, and with a small cast of three in an intimate theater space over in Hell’s…

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#Tbt a year ago Monday I made my #broadwaydebut in the most beautiful show I'd known with the amazing artists of #oncemusical Feeling very grateful today to be working on another magical show with the wonderful, creative #ameliemusical team!

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Ben Hope and Lucas Papaelias join in on a mini Once Broadway reunion on the set of Katrina Lenk, Erikka Walsh, and Scott Stangland’s newest endeavor, a web series entitled Miss Teri! 

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"Este Si Ja Pohar Vina Zaplatim" Anne L. Nathan, Katrina Lenk, Erikka Walsh, Elisabeth Evans, Claire Wellin, Elizabeth A. Davis, Joanne Borts, and the cast of Once Fare-Thee-Well: A Goodbye Concert for Broadway's Once Highline Ballroom - January 6, 2015

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by Roseann Cane

There are rare occasions when audience hooting, hollering, and foot-stomping add to the enjoyment of a night of theater, and Ring of Fire: The Music of Johnny Cash, which just opened at the Capital Repertory Theatre, is a sterling example of just such a treat.

One of the reasons this show is so delightfully infectious is that instead of relying on the common conceit of a musical tribute show in casting an actor in the role of the singer (a risky undertaking when the artist is fresh in the audience’s memory), Ring of Fire has a cast of six singing, acting musicians, five men who at various times represent Cash but more often celebrate his music in their own way, and one women, who sometimes represents June Carter Cash, but for the most part sings, dances, and plays the hell out of the music.

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Each of the cast members (Bill Scott Sheets, Kurt Zischke, Erikka Walsh, Jacob Shipley, Paul Wyatt, and Josh D. Smith, in order of appearance) has the vocal chops to take on a wide variety of songs that range from country to gospel to well-known compositions of Cash and a few other songwriters. Their voices are superb, whether performing such novelties as Dirty Old Egg Sucking Dog and Flushed From the Bathroom of Your Heart, or celebrated Cash standards like Folsom Prison, Going to Memphis, I Walk the Line, and Ring of Fire.

What’s more, these sensational performers  accompany themselves on instruments ranging from guitars and violins to washboard and spoons. The band (Joe Barna on drums; Patrick O’Connell on bass and fiddle; and musical director Josh D. Smith on keyboards, autoharp, melodicas, Andes flute, and accordion) that supports them is top notch.

Freddy Ramirez once again provides splendid choreography, and to a person, the performers (especially Walsh, who was also Dance Captain) dance nimbly and with seemingly bottomless exhilaration. Barry Steele’s clever set and projection design gracefully assists in moving the action along with imagery that enhances the mood and subject of each song. Rider Q. Stanton’s sound design and Mike Riggs’s lighting design do a superlative job intensifying the material. Kudos, too, to Howard Tvsi Kaplan for his solid, becoming costume design.

Director Maggie Mancinelli-Cahill has cheerfully mobbed the stage with so much talent and gusto that I could swear I felt the entire house shake by the time the ensemble closed the show with the uproarious I’ve Been Everywhere. I unreservedly recommend that you join the fun.

Capital Repertory Theatre presents Ring of Fire: The Music of Johnny Cash from July 11-August 12, 2018.Created by Richard Maltby, Jr. Conceived by William Meade. Adapted from the Broadway Production by Richard Maltby, Jr., and Jason Edwards. Orchestrations by Steven Bishop and Jeff Lisenby. Additional Arrangements by David Abbmanti. Directed by Maggie Mancinelli-Cahill, musical direction by Josh D. Smith, choreographed by Freddy Ramirez, scenic and projection design by Barry Steele, sound design by Rider Q. Stanton, lighting design by Mike Riggs, costume design by Howard Tvsi Kaplan. CAST: Bill Scott Sheets, Kurt Zischke, Erikka Walsh, Jacob Shipley, Paul Wyatt, and Josh D. Smith. Band: Joe Barna on drums; Patrick O’Connell on bass and fiddle; and Josh D. Smith on keyboards, autoharp, melodicas, Andes flute, and accordion)

Preview performances for Ring of Fire: The Music of Johnny Cash take place July 6–8. Opening night is Tuesday, July 10. Regular performances continue through Sunday, Aug. 12. Performance times: 7:30 p.m. Tuesday through Thursday; and 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday—with matinees 3 p.m. Saturday; 2 p.m. Sunday; and 2 p.m. Wednesdays, July 18 & 25. Capital Repertory Theatre, 111 N. Pearl Street, Albany. Tickets range from $25 to $69.50. Students with valid ID: $16 all shows. For tickets and information, call Tickets by Proctors, 518.445.SHOW (7469) or visit capitalrep.org.

Opening night includes live music by The Insolent Willies in the café at 6:30 p.m., and complimentary post-show champagne and dessert from Bella Napoli Bakery. The Chef’s Table performance, on Tuesday, July 17, includes complimentary light fare from The Hollow Bar + Kitchen, for ticketholders, in the lobby, beginning at 6:30 p.m.

Post show discussions with representatives from Ring of Fire will follow evening performances on Wednesdays, July 18 and 25.

I Still Miss Someone: A Johnny Cash Remembrance, with roots scholar and multi-instrumentalist Michael Eck discussing Cash’s legacy, will preface the Saturday, July 21 matinee. The talk is included with show ticket and begins at 2 p.m.

The Sunday, July 29 matinee is preceded by a Behind-the-Scenes event, which features a light continental breakfast for ticketholders, and discussion led by Mancinelli-Cahill. Food service begins at 12:30 p.m., with the presentation following from 1–1:30 p.m.

Ring of Fire: The Music of Johnny Cash is part of the 2018–2019 Season at Capital Repertory Theatre and is sponsored by E. Stewart Jones Hacker Murphy, LLP.

REVIEW: “Ring of Fire” at Capital Repertory Theatre by Roseann Cane There are rare occasions when audience hooting, hollering, and foot-stomping add to the enjoyment of a night of theater, and…

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Dreamcasting Broadway: NATASHA, PIERRE & THE GREAT COMET OF 1812

“They say we are asleep until we fall in love; we are children of dust and ashes.”

Dreamcasting Broadway: Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812

Mikaela Bennett as Natasha Rostova

Nathaniel Hackmann as Pierre Bezukhov

Devin Ilaw as Anatole Kuragin

Eleri Ward as Sonya Rostova

Kay Trinidad as Marya Dmitryevna

Jewelle Blackman as Heléne Bezukhova

Ben Steinfeld as Fedya Dolokhov

Ari’el Stachel as Andrey Bolkonsky/Old Prince Bolkonsky

Kim Blanck as Princess Mary Bolkonskaya/Maidservant/Opera Singer

Lucas Papaelias as Balaga/Servant/Opera Singer

Aisha Jackson as Ensemble (Natasha u/s)

Alex Nee as Ensemble (Andrey/Prince Bolkonsky u/s)

Alexia Sielo as Ensemble

Allan K. Washington as Ensemble

Ari McKay Wilford as Ensemble (Dolokhov u/s)

Ashkon Davaran as Ensemble (Pierre u/s, Balaga u/s)

Erikka Walsh as Ensemble

JC Schuster as Opera Dancer/Ensemble

Jessie Shelton as Ensemble (Mary u/s)

Jordan Litz as Ensemble (Anatole u/s, Andrey/Prince Bolkonsky u/s)

José Useche as Ensemble

Kaleb Wells as Ensemble (Pierre u/s)

Khori Michelle Petinaud as Opera Dancer/Ensemble

Lauralyn McClelland as Ensemble (Marya D u/s)

Lauren Luiz as Ensemble (Sonya u/s, Mary u/s)

Marina Kondo as Ensemble (Natasha u/s, Sonya u/s)

Tamrin Goldberg as Onstage Swing/Ensemble

Vishal Vaidya as Ensemble

Warren Yang as Onstage Swing/Ensemble

Zara MacIntosh as Ensemble (Heléne u/s)

Paul HeeSang Miller as Standby (Pierre Bezukhov)

Anthony Chatmon II as Swing (Anatole u/s, Dolokhov u/s)

Billy Bustamante as Swing (Balaga u/s)

Camden Gonzales as Swing

Erica Swindell as Swing

Kim Steele as Swing (Marya D u/s, Heléne u/s)

Sam Strasfeld as Swing

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'once' things: "if you want me"

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#oncemusical represents at #NYTWcelebratesBob !

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Erikka Walsh, Katrina Lenk, and Scott Stangland from the closing cast of Once on Broadway will be starting a web series! Click through to watch their pitch video for the show!

[mickrories]

"Red Haired Mary" Erikka Walsh, Don Noble, Ben Hope, Joanne Borts, Lucas Papaelias, J. Michael Zygo, Scott Stangland, Anne L. Nathan, Jessie Fisher, Ryan Vona, Claire Wellin, Elisabeth Evans, Paul Whitty, Andy Taylor, Katrina Lenk, Ari McKay Wilford Fare-Thee-Well: A Goodbye Concert for Broadway's Once Highline Ballroom - January 6, 2015

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are you really here, or am i dreaming? i can’t tell dreams from truth. for it’s been so long, since i have seen you. i can hardly remember your face anymore.

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"Ring of Fire: The Music of Johnny Cash" Comes to Capital Repertory Theatre

“Ring of Fire: The Music of Johnny Cash” Comes to Capital Repertory Theatre

ALBANY, N.Y.—JUNE 18, 2018—Johnny Cash was a singular force in American music. A gospel-rooted country singer there at the birth of rock and roll; an inventive, influential songwriter; and an iconic, iconoclastic cultural touchstone.

“Johnny Cash will, like Will Rogers, stand forever as a symbol of intelligence, creativity, compassion and common sense,” said fellow hitmaker and former son-in-law…