Dangerous Beauty
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CURRENTLY CLOSED
Opened Jul 25, 2008
Closed Aug 17, 2008

Playing at
Ethel M. Barber Theater at Northwestern University

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WHAT IS IT ABOUT?

Dangerous Beauty features a book by Jeannine Dominy, lyrics by Amanda McBroom, music by Michele Brourman, choreography by Robert LaFosse, and direction by Sheryl Kaller. Jenny Powers and Hollis Resnik star.

A world premiere musical of passion, politics and poetry, Dangerous Beauty tells the tumultuous tale of Veronica Franco, a notorious courtesan and poet of 16th century Venice. Through the loss of family fortune and her true love, Veronica recognizes that only as a courtesan will she retain access to an education and a place in the cultural and political life of her city.

Featuring a score that combines the best of classical and pop styles, this story is based on Margaret Rosenthal's 1992 novel The Honest Courtesan and the New Regency motion picture Dangerous Beauty screenplay by Jeannine Dominy.

THEATER/VENUE INFORMATION:

Ethel M. Barber Theater at Northwestern University

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WHAT ARE CRITICS SAYING?

The American Music Theatre Project of Northwestern University is presenting the world premiere of Amanda McBroom, Michele Brourman, and Jeanine Dominy's musical Dangerous Beauty as a developmental production, but it's a lavishly realized one, thanks in part to an extraordinary team of designers, not to mention such gifted artists as choreographer Robert La Fosse and orchestrator John McDaniel. But as much as I love richly-costumed plays that plunk me down in some past era, I was more engaged by the intelligence of the work than by its emotions, which is not the best way to respond to a musical.

The show is based on Margaret Rosenthal's book The Honest Courtesan, a fictionalized biography of[...]

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Reviewed by Jonathan Abarbanel on Aug 6, 2008