If you were cataloging the signs of a stage musical that has had a robust life over a period of not just years but decades, here are two things that might be included on that list:
A) The show engenders such a sense of family among those who’ve performed it that even members of casts from different times and places mix well together, and…
B) You could practically create an entire alternate version of the musical just by doing a separate assemblage of the very good songs that were cut as the show went through different incarnations.
Both these signposts came to the fore in “Reefer Madness: The Musical Reunion Concert,” a one-time performance bringing together actors and creatives who’ve been a part of different productions of the cult show “Reefer Madness” over the past quarter-century-plus. The retrospective concert was produced as a benefit last week at the Whitley Theatre in Hollywood,...
A) The show engenders such a sense of family among those who’ve performed it that even members of casts from different times and places mix well together, and…
B) You could practically create an entire alternate version of the musical just by doing a separate assemblage of the very good songs that were cut as the show went through different incarnations.
Both these signposts came to the fore in “Reefer Madness: The Musical Reunion Concert,” a one-time performance bringing together actors and creatives who’ve been a part of different productions of the cult show “Reefer Madness” over the past quarter-century-plus. The retrospective concert was produced as a benefit last week at the Whitley Theatre in Hollywood,...
- 8/6/2024
- by Chris Willman
- Variety Film + TV
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