“National Pastime” – Theater Works
This review aired on KBAQ March 17, 2014
THEATER WORKS PRESENTS A WINNING STAGING OF A TROUBLED NEW MUSICAL
“NATIONAL PASTIME”
Theater Works, Peoria Center for the Performing Arts
Peoria, AZ
Local theaters are presenting more new plays and musicals every season. Theater Works, the ambitious West Valley troupe, is presenting a winning production of the new musical “National Pastime” that still needs lots of work before it will ever be successful.
Don’t be fooled by the title. The new musical with book by Tony Sportiello and songs by Al Tapper is about baseball but it’s also about 1933 American music, styles, and radio, but claimed … Continue Reading