Theater Review: PIPPIN (Mercury Theater Chicago)
THE HOLY ROMAN EMPEROR AS FLOWER CHILD Some shows stay young by never growing up: Stephen Schwartz' silly-stupid 1972 musical is the (im)perfect example of a musical that's saved by its songs and spirit. A sort of ninth-century, one-ring circus crammed with presentational glee, it was practically a tribal sequel to Schwartz's Godspell (with homage […]