‘Wanted’ Broadway Review: Dazzling Cast Can’t Elevate the Musical’s Muted Narrative
Written by playwright and lyricist Angelica Chéri and directed by Stevie Walker-Webb, the new Broadway musical “Wanted” is inspired by Chéri’s great-great aunts, Mary (Solea Pfeiffer) and Martha Clarke (Liisi LaFontaine).
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- The end result is spirited but uneven, a show wherein some very big singing nearly succeeds in […].
- These Black women living in post-emancipation Texas […].
The new musical Wanted has had a long road to the Broadway stage, stretching over a 12-year stop-and-start development process or, if you want to get picky, more than 100 years of real-life (more or less) family lore.
One of the most beautiful things about legends and myths is they often stem from the truth.
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