The Rink
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SHOW INFORMATION
CURRENTLY CLOSED
Opened Jul 3, 2006
Closed Jul 15, 2006
Opened Jul 3, 2006
Closed Jul 15, 2006
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WHAT IS IT ABOUT?
From Broadway's celebrated musical team of John Kander and Fred Ebb, The Rink is filled with show stopping songs like "Colored Lights" and "We Can Make It." Featuring a book by Terrance McNally, this newly revised version stars the incomparable Leslie Uggams in her Cape Playhouse debut. The musical tells the story of a mother who is reunited with her grown-up daughter, and is directed by Michael Unger, choreographed by Jennifer Lee, and features musical direction by Andrew Gerle.
THEATER/VENUE INFORMATION:
Cape Playhouse
820 Rte 6A
Dennis, MA 02638
The legendary Cape Playhouse, America's oldest professional summer theater, has been presenting theater in Cape Cod for over seventy years. Californian Raymond Moore spent several summers in Provincetown where he was involved in painting scenery, wr [...] Read More
820 Rte 6A
Dennis, MA 02638
The legendary Cape Playhouse, America's oldest professional summer theater, has been presenting theater in Cape Cod for over seventy years. Californian Raymond Moore spent several summers in Provincetown where he was involved in painting scenery, wr [...] Read More
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In its current production at the Cape Playhouse, the 1984 musical The Rink proves to be as durable as a mirror ball. All you have to do is pull it out, dust it off, and it's ready to scintillate anew. Even if you saw the original Broadway production, which won Chita Rivera her long-overdue Tony Award and earned co-star Liza Minnelli a nomination, you'll find this new version -- revised by its original librettist, Terrence McNally, and starring Leslie Uggams and Janet Metz -- to be fresh and arresting. In fact, if there's any fairness in the world, this show will eventually find its way back to Broadway.
Putting race aside, it's tough to imagine better casting than Uggams as Anna, a salty ol[...]