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From ‘Phantom’ to ‘Cabaret’ to
‘Marne,’ laughs come fast in ‘Musical’
By Arnold Wayne Jones Staff Writer
As if the title alone weren’t a dead giveaway,
“Musical of Musicals: The Musical” is basi-
cally pom for theater queens. The ecstasy —
and the naughtiness — doesn’t come from sex
but rather from puns and satiric musical riffs that
might fly over the heads of all but diehard musi-
cal-comedy lovers.
Sound like a rarefied audience? The nearly
packed house at Theatre Three opening night
didn’t think so.
“M of M: The M” is nonstop fun and silliness,
with a trite threadbare plot about a girl who can’t
pay her rent until the hero drops in at the last
moment to save the day. But that plot is played
five times over, first to the strains of Rodgers &
Hammerstein, then Sondheim, Jerry Hennan,
Andrew Lloyd Webber and Kander & Ebb.
There are dream ballets, dry ice and candelabra,
men in bowlers and gloves, kicklines and interi-
or monologues set to an a melodic score —
something for every showtune queen.
While those with encyclopedic knowledge of
the fonn will get a higher percentage of jokes (if
you catch the reference to “Pacific Overtures,”
you’re in the minority), the show is giddily enter-
taining, even for the casual fan.
The score, by Eric Rockwell and Joanne
“Musical of Musicals" at Theatre Three hilariously spoofs
most major composers of the past 50 years.
Bogert, skewers its source material as often as it
lionizes them ("It might just sound a teeny /Like
something by Puccini” goes one lyric in the
Webber parody).
Be warned: You may want to sit close to the
stage to get the best lines. The actors, all in top
fonn, are unmiked and occasionally over-
whelmed by the band.
Theatre Three, 2800 Routh St., Suite 158.
Through June 10. Thursday at 7:30p.m., Friday-
Saturday at 8p.m., Saturday-Sunday matinees at
2:30p.m. $15435. 214-871-3300.'
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Vercher, Dennis. Dallas Voice (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 22, No. 52, Ed. 1 Friday, May 12, 2006, newspaper, May 12, 2006; Dallas, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth238908/m1/39/: accessed April 23, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.