‘Pippin’ – Music and Lyrics by Stephen Schwartz; Book by Roger O. Hirson; Directed and Choreographed by Artistic Director Rachel Bertone; Music Direction by Dan Rodriguez; Cameron McEachern (Scenic Designer), Frank Meissner Jr (Lighting Design), Robby Davis (Sound Design), Costumes by Emerald City Theatrical. Presented through special arrangement with Music Theatre International (MTI) at the Reagle Music Theatre, Waltham through August 13
by Mike Hoban
The themes from 1972’s Pippin, now being staged at the Reagle Theatre in Waltham through next weekend, are as relevant as ever – maybe even more so for Gen Z and the tail end of the millennial generation. Much like that demographic, protagonist Pippin, son of medieval emperor Charlemagne, wants more out of life than an ordinary existence, because well, “when you’re extraordinary, you gotta do extraordinary things!”). In Pippin’s case, though, those “extraordinary things” are a lot more than just inventing an app or accumulating TikTok followers. He is, after all, the son of the ruler of much of Western Europe in the late 8th and early 9th centuries. The Reagle production, directed by artistic director (and millennial) Rachel Bertone delivers a richly comic version of the classic on the heels of Reagle’s brilliant production of West Side Story in July.
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