Put Lyric Stage and the Turtle Creek Chorale together and what do you get? An evening of well known music as you’ve never heard it. Add in the Stockton Helbing Jazz Initiative and choreography by Kelly McCain and you have a production of Guys & Dolls as it’s never been seen before in Dallas.
Lyric Stage is the master of restoring classic musicals. Often, as a Broadway musical ages, the production limps on with a smaller orchestra and fewer actors on stage in the ensemble. And when the tour hits Dallas, it’s been redesigned to travel easily.
Lyric restores the music to the way its composers meant the show to be presented. And the chorale is the perfect partner to add the richness of the score.
I saw the final dress rehearsal on Thursday night and loved what I saw. But without a printed p