Anything Can Happen in the Theater: The Songs of Maury Yeston
Anything Can Happen in the Theater: The Songs of Maury Yeston
Closed 1h 30m NYC: Midtown E
82% 112 reviews
82%
(112 Ratings)
Positive
92%
Mixed
8%
Negative
0%
Members say
Great singing, Entertaining, Delightful, Refreshing, Clever

About the Show

Gerard Alessandrini, the creator of "Forbidden Broadway," comes to The York with his newest creation: a collection of the songs of Tony-winning composer and lyricist Maury Yeston.

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Critic Reviews (6)

Talkin' Broadway
December 6th, 2019

"The cast is all overmiked, by sound designer Julian Evans, but the excess of decibels is less annoying than usual, because the lyrics are so clear and everyone sounds so good. It's mostly solos and duets, but the ensemble harmonies are truly gorgeous."
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New York Stage Review
December 6th, 2019

3/5 Stars. "Songwriter Maury Yeston's catalog romped through by director Gerard Alessandrini and deft cast."
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New York Stage Review
December 6th, 2019

3/5 Stars. "Gerard Alessandrini's valentine to composer-lyricist Maury Yeston mixes his best-known songs with a handful of obscurities"
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TheaterScene.net
December 10th, 2019

"This one-act show, featuring five abundantly gifted singer-dancers, underscores the wide-ranging nature of the composer's music. Yeston has successfully adopted diverse musical sounds...Mostly though, he's known for lush, sweeping, timeless melodies."
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Front Row Center
December 10th, 2019

Score: 85% "It's a pleasure to listen to unpretentious tuneful melodies sung by talented performers. Some of Maury Yeston's songs have worn better than others over time, but nonetheless Anything Can Happen in the Theater offers us a welcome respite from the daily grind."
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Theatre's Leiter Side
December 6th, 2019

"Awesomely engaging overview of the best of Maury Yeston, who wrote both the thoroughly delightful music and the unusually witty, touching, or poetic—as the case may be—lyrics of one song after the other…The ensemble…grabs you with its charisma, intelligence, and vocal expertise."
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