THE THEATER MIRROR, New England’s LIVE Theater Guide
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note: entire contents copyright 2005 by Carl A. Rossi
with:
Teddey Brown
Tonya Phillips
Nik Rocklin
Liana Young
If you are a Flower Child and want to briefly reclaim your bloom or if you are a twentysomething who likes to listen to what your parents grooved to, check out 8-TRACK: THE SOUNDS OF THE 70’s at the Stoneham Theatre. Four talented singers, appropriately dressed, guide their audience through a celebration of songs from the so-called Forgotten Decade but judging by 8-TRACK’s audience reactions, these songs are anything but forgotten. Apart from two well-known anthems, one anti-war and one feminist, conceiver-director Rick Seeber has selected mostly lighter, poppier fare and cleverly choreographed it on a bare stage with the songs themselves creating one mise-en-scene after another. (No, I’m not going to tell you what songs are sung, here, nor will you find them listed in the program --- part of the evening’s fun comes from not knowing what’s next.) Even though over fifty songs are performed in whole or in part, Mr. Seeber and his cast haven’t even scratched the era’s surface --- those years were incredibly rich, music-wise, with something for everyone --- but 8-TRACK still delivers; you and your Pet Rock will go home, happy.
Have a nice day.