‘Chicago’ gets up close and personal on WGCU
Musical composer John Kander is on everyone’s mind lately. The 96-year old recently teamed up with Lin-Manuel Miranda for a new broadway Blockbuster, New York, New York. And Season 2 of Schmigadoon takes place in Schmicago, a fictional world where theater geeks revel in parodies of the dark, sultry musicals of the 70s and 80s such as Pippin, Sweeney Todd, and of course, Chicago.
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is against this backdrop that Gypsy Playhouse at Robin Dawn Dance Academy in the Cape is producing Chicago. While the music of Kander and Ebb is reason enough to attend one of Gypsy’s four performances of the show, what differentiates this production from the movie and every other live performance of the musical that you may have seen is the setting. Listen (or read) on WGCU to why this makes such a huge difference.
April 22, 2023.
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Tom Hall is both an amateur artist and aspiring novelist who writes art quest thrillers. He is in the final stages of completing his debut novel titled "Art Detective," a story that fictionalizes the discovery of the fabled billion-dollar Impressionist collection of Parisian art dealer Josse Bernheim-Jeune, thought by many to have perished during World War II when the collection's hiding place, Castle de Rastignac in southern France, was destroyed by the Wehrmacht in reprisal for attacks made by members of the Resistance operating in the area. A former tax attorney, Tom holds a bachelor's degree as well as both a juris doctorate and masters of laws in taxation from the University of Florida. Tom lives in Estero, Florida with his fiancee, Connie, and their four cats.