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On Sept. 15, I attended a performance of the national tour of the Broadway musical “Pretty Woman” at the Fox Theatre in Midtown Atlanta. As I am a playwright, and theater enthusiast myself, I was beaming with excitement to view this production. Set in 1980s California, the show follows a young sex worker Vivian Ward, played…

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“Pretty Woman: The Musical,” based on the hit 1990 romantic comedy, is an emotional ride. The actors brilliantly displayed every feeling throughout their portrayal at the Fox Theatre on Sept. 15. The show features two protagonists: Vivian Ward, played by Olivia Valli, and Edward Lewis, played by Adam Pascal (who is perhaps best known as…

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Director Bartlett Sher’s critically acclaimed revival of the 1964 Broadway classic “Fiddler on the Roof” brings the tale of Tevye, a poor Jewish dairyman living in Tsarist Russia, and his family to Atlanta’s Fox Theatre. Tevye (Yehezkel Lazarov) is a peasant who tries to marry off his five daughters to prospective husbands in hopes that…

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On Friday, November 12, I saw “Fiddler on the Roof” at the Fox Theatre, a story about traditionalism versus change. It was originally a Broadway musical, one many people would consider iconic because of its multiple awards and phenomenal reviews. In the beginning of the story, the most pressing problem of change was marriage, with…

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The classic Tony-winning Broadway musical “Fiddler on the Roof,” with music by Jerry Bock, lyrics by Sheldon Harnick and based on a book by author Joseph Stein follows dairyman Tevye in his struggles to balance tradition with modernity, along with his journey to find his five daughters suitable husbands. The production, which has been a…

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