Encores! Great American Musicals in Concert (Series)

‘Jelly’s Last Jam’ Returns, Bringing a Jazz Tale to a New Generation

Jason Michael Webb, the show’s guest music director, said he wants audiences at the musical about Jelly Roll Morton to experience “a time period that does not exist anymore.”

By Marcus J. Moore

Bart, Lionel Cooper, Lilli Dickens, Charles Encores! Great American Musicals in Concert (Series) Esparza, Raul New York City Center Theater Oliver! (Play) Theater Theater (Off Broadway)

‘Oliver!’ Review: Tunes, Glorious Tunes, in a Grimly Cheerful Revival

The Encores! production, directed by Lear deBessonet, looks to deepen and darken a musical that resists the change. But it’s still delightful.

By Jesse Green

Bart, Lionel Cooper, Lilli Dickens, Charles Encores! Great American Musicals in Concert (Series) Esparza, Raul Latarro, Lorin London (England) Moody, Ron (1924-2015) New York City New York City Center Theater Oliver Twist (Book) Oliver! (Play) Theater

‘Oliver!’ Returns, With Darker Twists Intact

The emphasis Encores! puts on words and music rather than spectacle allows the cruel realities of Dickensian London to stand out amid the bouncy tunes.

By Sarah Bahr

Bart, Lionel Cooper, Lilli Dickens, Charles Encores! Great American Musicals in Concert (Series) Esparza, Raul Latarro, Lorin London (England) Moody, Ron (1924-2015) New York City New York City Center Theater Oliver Twist (Book) Oliver! (Play) Theater

‘Oliver!’ Returns, With Darker Twists Intact

The emphasis Encores! puts on words and music rather than spectacle allows the cruel realities of Dickensian London to stand out amid the bouncy tunes.

By Sarah Bahr

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