John Glynn

Review of Virginia Repertory Theatre/ Th...

We've seen many shows on Broadway. Maybe dozens. B...

We've seen many shows on Broadway. Maybe dozens. But once again the Virginia Repertory Theater surpassed all our expectation. There were more stellor singers in this one production of The Wiz than in several typical Broadway Productions combined. We wondered afterwards how they will manage to sustain the level of energy and enthusiasm we witnessed, particularly on days where there will be two performances. Congratulations to the entire cast, crew and pit orchestra of The Wiz, we fully expect to see most of you on Broadway someday, if Broadway is lucky!!
To the pit Orchestra, well done there are so many exposed parts for all the musicians it's worth seeing the production just to hear how masterfully they handle these erratic and difficult parts. I'd especially like to give a nod to the french horn player who played in the pit for the July 6th evening performance. As the performance progressed she revealed herself to possess a wonderfully full, and sweet, very European, French horn sound. Dennis Brain would've been proud.