‘Something Rotten!’ – Book by Karey Kirkpatrick and John O’Farrell; Music and Lyrics by Karey Kirkpatrick and Wayne Kirkpatrick; Directed by Chris Brindley; Music Direction by Bethany Aiken; Choreography by Caroline Workman. Presented by the Weston Drama Workshop. Show closed 7/30.
by Mike Hoban
Weston Drama Workshop (WDW) closed their 2022 summer program with a bang, presenting a high-energy, full blown production (40+ performers) of Something Rotten, the 2015 Broadway musical featuring fictional Shakespeare contemporaries Nick and Nigel Bottom, whose careers are going nowhere in the shadow of the rockstar Bard. The production was given a monumental boost by a number of terrific performances by the leading players, as well as a handful of thoroughly entertaining BIG production numbers crafted by director Chris Brindley and choreographer Caroline Workman. Something Rotten successfully combines those production numbers with a Monty Python-esque premise that delivers what most musical comedies only aspire to – a welcome blast of creativity – when so many modern musicals lazily rely on recycling hit movies (Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark– really?)
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