Music in the Air
A virtually unknown Rogers and Hammerstein show is being performed by the Encore! theater company. “Music in the Air” is one of the shows that you don’t hear much about. It is over 70 years old, like many of their early musicals. It is about two rural musical writers from Bavaria who go to Munich for their big break and end up stuck in the hidden world of musical theater. It’s a good show, because it allows the writers to sharpen their satirical chops. But the satire of that many years ago seems a bit overdone or hokey now. It’s kind of a sad thing to see such a good show get so worn down, but that’s natural after all that time.
Posted by Henry
