Bachelors of Broadway – Phot by Tom Alvarez.
As a music, theatre and dance critic I have always had a soft spot in my heart for musicals. I saw my first Broadway musical, Fiddler on the Roof as a college theatre student in 1967 and have been hooked ever since. And ever since, I have lost track of the number of musicals I have seen during my 50 years of reviewing professional, community and educational productions of a uniquely American art form — so many, that some I have seen multiple times.
Thus, you can only imagine how thrilling it was to “Bachelors of Broadway: Gentlemen of the Theatre,” a revue of decades of modern and classic musicals, all of which I had seen at one time and another and many of them, my most favorite. Making it even more rich of an experience was hearing songs from those scores, interpreted by a trio of performers with Broadway credits, whose vocals matched their pedigree. The group was joined by nine experienced local musicians under the leadership of musical director and pianist, Patrick Firth. The singers were standout Zak Edwards, Chris Minor and Joshua Woodie.
The two-hour concert featured video footage of NYC’s Times Square and various other locations, along with graphic shapes and patterns as a backdrop. The singers performed solos and as a trio, presenting arrangements in three-part harmony.
The program was exceptional, featuring highlights like A Million Dreams, Pure Imagination, This Is The Moment, The Greatest Show, Megamusical Megamix, Being Alive, Rogers & Hammerstein Medley, and You Will Be Found.
An uplifting musical journey, Bachelors of Broadway was a cavalcade of Broadway’s biggest hits and a sentimental collection of some of my favorite moments in the theatre.
