Review Clips: Backporch Vaudeville Revue
"Great fun-fits very snugly into its cabaret setting at the Seven Hills Inn.Backporch Vaudeville sails along breezily and offers a refreshing departure from the Berkshires active and varied cabaret scene. Vaudeville's days are hardly over."
- The Berkshire Eagle
"The show is completely entertaining--the cast is first-rate. The wonderful comedy routines and songs that made vaudeville the archetype American entertainment essential viewing for anyone with an interest in American musical theatre's roots."
- Back Stage
"Splendid songs and skits--a diverting slice of vaudeville which, thankfully, refuses to stay dead."
- Boston Globe
"Absolutely charming -- a perfect summer's evening entertainment--like being at a party with talented friends, singing and joking together. Just wonderful."
- Berkshires Week
"A rollicking good time--such fun, a delightful rollback to an earlier more innocent era at the dawn of the last century. Well chosen material amuses, entertains, pleases, and educates with just the right amount of historical background. We are left wanting more."
- The Pittsfield Gazette
"A sinfully funny revue of the best vaudeville routines--completely re-tooled from last year's doings, with all new songs and ageless patter--again under the skilled and meticulous research, writing, and direction of Marc P. Smith. This is a scintillating and upbeat salute to a sometimes forgotten musical milieu."
- WAMC Public Radio, Albany
"Captivating--a thoroughly entertaining show--excellent performances (and) fabulous music (Smith) has an infectiously enjoyable time with the genre. The show is fun, totally engaging. It also comes across as very fresh."
- Worcester Telegram & Gazette
"For historians o f entertainment and theatre in America, this look at the Golden Age of Vaudeville is essential. For those wishing only to escape the tedium of life, this is the perfect show."
- New England Entertainment Digest
"As someone who doesnít know a great deal about vaudeville, I appreciated the tidbits about its history which were interspersed between numbers."
- www.cabaret.org/Boston
"Smith and the cast have brought energy, enthusiasm, a spirit of fun and some very versatile voices. This production is highly portable and extremely well-suited to the cabaret setting in which it is produced."
- Ware River News
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