Mary Poppins just got a rave review from DC Metro Theater Arts!
http://dcmetrotheaterarts.com/2016/02/21/189626/
It describes the orchestra as "glorious"!
The review is much deserved. The show has an excellent cast, crew and pit. The director is superb; the music direction and choreography stellar. And everyone worked their butts off.
Saturday, Joey was presented with a copy of the playbill that every member of the cast had signed. They wrote the nicest things in it, too. It was very cool - something he'll never forget. In addition to working with them four nights a week until 10:30 for the last four months, he also plays piano and synthesizer during the show. He's got the synthesizer set to do more than 100 instruments - everything from organ to timpany, xylophone, the singing of birds, tubular bells, "watery" piano, out-of-tune piano, trombone, tuba, cymbals. You name it and he's doing it . . . sometimes while also playing a regular piano with the other hand. He apparently earned the cast's respect.
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