CHICAGO—Time and age have not diminished Carol Burnett’s popularity. When the beloved comedian stepped onto the Chicago Theatre stage, the audience went wild with applause. The one-woman show offered the same question-and-answer format that Burnett used to open her 11-year television variety show. In person, she is as warm and engaging as she was on…
Theater Review: ‘Harmony’
April 30, 2022
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NEW YORK—Real friendship can serve as a source of strength and possibility, even as the world seems to be falling apart. So it is with the National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene’s deeply stirring production of “Harmony,” which tells the story of one of the most popular singing groups in the first part of the 20th century. In…
Berlin Patron Says Shen Yun ‘Will Be Remembered for a Long Time’
April 25, 2022
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BERLIN, Germany—Real estate manager Wolfgang Hoffmann and Lara Döring were impressed by Shen Yun Performing Arts at Theater am Potsdamer Platz in Berlin on April 20. “I liked it very much. I was very impressed with the colors, with the animation, with the choreography, with the movements, with the synchronization … I thought it was…
‘The Sound of Music’: New Production Is an Audience Favorite
April 24, 2022
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LINCOLNSHIRE, Ill.—“The Sound of Music” first played in New Haven, Connecticut, as a pre-Broadway try-out on Oct. 3, 1959. After the show, its composer Richard Rodgers, its lyricist Oscar Hammerstein, and the show’s performers waited for the town’s critical reviews to come in. When the newspapers came out with bad reviews, everyone was crestfallen believing…
Theater Review: ‘The Little Prince’: A Search for Meaning
April 23, 2022
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NEW YORK—When one enters the massive orchestra section of the Broadway Theatre, the expectations of a coming spectacle are all around, from not-quite-distinct images moving about the stage curtain, ceiling, and floor of the venue, to the somber yet stirring musical tones, courtesy of composer Terry Truck. For all its promise, what’s presented only partially…
Winnipeg Patrons Amazed By the Beauty and Energy of Shen Yun
April 21, 2022
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WINNIPEG, Canada—Surgeon David Kinsley and his 7-year-old daughter were delighted by the Shen Yun Performing Arts performance at Centennial Concert Hall in Winnipeg on April 20. “The performance was amazing. The colors, the choreography, the forms, the dancing, the movements were absolutely beautiful,” Dr. Kinsley said. “The effortless way in which the dancers took to…
Audience Member Says Positive Vibes at Shen Yun ‘Make You Feel Good’
April 17, 2022
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SCHENECTADY, N.Y.—Physician John Janikas and interior designer Eva Porzuczek were amazed by the beauty and culture in Shen Yun Performing Arts, which took the stage at the Proctor’s Theatre in Schenectady, New York, on April 16. “I like the costumes, the dancing, and the music. It’s just different from any sort of other show I’ve…
‘The King and I’: Shall We Have Glorious Perfection?
April 14, 2022
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CHICAGO—It’s such a welcome pleasure to be able to enjoy a show just as its creators intended. There’s no changing of Rodger’s and Hammerstein’s masterful work in Drury Lane’s exquisite and enchanting production of “The King and I.” Indeed, this is such a glorious musical that it would be a sacrilege to change one moment…
‘Very Enlightening’: Montreal Borough Mayor, Councillor Excited to See Shen Yun
April 14, 2022
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MONTREAL—Alan DeSousa, mayor of Montreal’s Saint-Laurent borough, says Shen Yun Performing Arts is a “very enlightening, very enriching work of art.” “We are excited, my wife and me are blown away by the music, the costumes, the dance, the stage scenery,” said Mr. DeSousa after seeing Shen Yun‘s opening performance in Montreal at the Théâtre Maisonneuve…
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Shen Yun Is ‘Mesmerizing!’ Says Designer and Business Owner
EDMONTON, Canada—Liliam Vasquez, a designer and owner of a home staging company, is passionate about design, colour, and art and applauded those elements and more of the Shen Yun Performing Arts performance at Northern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium in Edmonton on April 24. “I love the show. Beautiful colors. The choreography is amazing. And the music so…