LI’L ABNER

They don’t write shows like Li’l Abner anymore, and not just because the 1956 musical adaptation of the Al Capp comic strip pretty much defines political incorrectness. With its Original Broadway Cast of fifty-four, only schools and community playhouses could possibly hope to produce this musical behemoth in 2016—which makes it a perfect choice for the theatrical genre known as the Concert Staged Reading, proof positive of which was evidenced at Musical Theatre West’s Daisy Maezing one-night-only Reiner Reading Series latest.
(read more)

Tags: Al Capp, Gene De Paul, Johnny Mercer, Los Angeles Theater Review, Musical Theatre West, Reiner Reading Series
Posted in Concert Staged Reading, Long Beach/San Pedro, Theater Review, WOW! | Comments Off on LI’L ABNER