Articles Tagged With: Sophia Basso

Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (in concert) at Artistic Synergy of Baltimore

author: Bill Kamberger

Stephen Sondheim called this show “a musical thriller,” and he was dead right. The plot, which depicts an understandable attempt at revenge that spirals into indiscriminate serial killing, provides many thrills and even more chills, but the music is the most thrilling of all. It frequently gives a listener chills in the most beautiful sense, even when it is sending a shiver up the spine as well. Several famous concert presentations of the score have proven that it can thrill even with minimal staging,

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Pippin at Artistic Synergy

Pippin at Artistic Synergy

Sets. Costumes. Lights. Magic. They’ve actually got all of those things. Which is pretty dang impressive all things considered. Artistic Synergy of Baltimore is razzle-dazzling with their current production of Pippin, directed by Broadus Nesbitt with Musical Direction by Charlotte Evans and Choreography by Samantha Reynolds. Lending itself to the cobbled-together nature that church-basement-community theatre is often expected to present, this production of Pippin sets the bar high with its full and resonant ensemble,

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