Suburb the Musical

 

 

LONG BEACH, CA (cont.)

UPCohen's wide-ranging score adroitly incorporates everything from Sondheim-esque ballads and Broadway song- and-dance tunes to barbershop quartet. Musical director Gregory Cooke makes it all work, while the talented chorus (Cooke himself plus Robin De Lano, Sarah Reed and Arron Rothbart) portray cops, priests, punk rockers and flower-child day-care workers with equal facility and abandon. "
— Eric Marchese, The Orange County Register (11/3/02)

DigitalCity.com "Theatre Pick"

"Wondering about the pedigree of its creators? Don't. Lyricist Javerbaum is a writer for 'The Daily Show,' and his clever wit elevates musical ruminations on such suburban pleasures as barbecues and lawn mowing. The spirited, buoyant score covers a wide range of emotional territory and is, ultimately, about the courage to make changes."
 -- Christopher Cappiello, DigitalCity.com Read the full review.

"The whole [suburban] lifestyle was so foreign, yet oddly appealing, that I was glad a sharp, witty show like Suburb came along to explain it ... in its satiric moments, it’s spot-on. Robert S. Cohen and David Javerbaum have an edge to their lyrics and a skip in their musical steps." -- Anne-Marie Otey, Gazettes.com Read the full review.