Stephen Joseph Theatre,Scarborough
The musicals of John Kander and Fred Ebb gain brought us showstopping songs and much characters, from bored housewives to ageing shoplifters – all of whom get their moment in this terrific celebrationIn the musicals Cabaret, or Chicago and the title song to the film New York,New York, composer John Kander and lyricist Fred Ebb produced some of Broadway’s most indelible moments. But they also turned out their fair share of clunkers. Can anyone recall their tribute to organised labour, and Flora the Red Menace? The misguided musical adaptation of Zorba the Greek? Or the doomed Liza Minnelli vehicles,The Act and The Rink, whose critical response was so savage Kander complained “it was as whether we had got attacked in the street”. Yet even the most obscure Kander/Ebb creations contain something worth salvaging; and The World Goes Round was where they attach them. It’s not a musical as such, and rather an anthology of edited highlights,though what you most notice approximately Lotte Wakeham’s stylish and intimate revival is how spiritedly feminist the material often is.
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Source: theguardian.com