{"id":1298,"date":"2012-08-01T15:05:56","date_gmt":"2012-08-01T19:05:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bathhouseblog.com\/?p=1298"},"modified":"2017-03-03T15:48:18","modified_gmt":"2017-03-03T20:48:18","slug":"ritz-comes-milwaukee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bathhouseblog.com\/index.php\/2012\/08\/01\/ritz-comes-milwaukee\/","title":{"rendered":"The Ritz Comes To Milwaukee"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Another day, another new local production of <b><u><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Ritz_%28play%29\" title=\"Terrence McNally's The Ritz\" target=\"BLANK\">Terrence McNally The Ritz<\/u><\/a><\/b>. <\/p>\n<p>This version is being mounted by the <b><u><a href=\"http:\/\/www.offthewalltheatre.com\" title=\"Off The Wall Theatre\" target=\"BLANK\">Off The Wall Theatre <\/u><\/a><\/b> in Milwaukee. It runs July 26 &#8211; August 5, 2012.<\/p>\n<p>This show has everything. Comedy, music, dancing and laughs. The comedy is broad and funny. This is one great show to see. Even the critics agree.<\/p>\n<p>Dave Begel of On Milwaukee writes <\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The story is never all that important in a classic farce. But the characterizations are critical. The dialogue has to be crisp and move along like a Sousa march played at twice its normal speed.<\/p>\n<p>This production certainly has some memorable performances that deliver fully fleshed out characters with no hints of falling easily into stereotypes.<\/p>\n<p>The rest of the cast has some good moments, and some that seem to be speed bumps thrown into the middle of the road.<\/p>\n<p>The rest of the cast has some good moments, and some that seem to be speed bumps thrown into the middle of the road. But those moments are easily forgotten in the intimate, 50-seat theater under a production that director Dale Gutzman drives like the real pro he is.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>To read more go to <b><u><a href=\"http:\/\/onmilwaukee.com\/ent\/articles\/otwritz.html?30883\" title=\"Off The Wall Theatre's \"The Ritz\" gets the laughs flowing\" target=\"BLANK\">Off The Wall Theatre&#8217;s &#8220;The Ritz&#8221; gets the laughs flowing<\/u><\/a><\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Another day, another new local production of Terrence McNally The Ritz. This version is being mounted by the Off The Wall Theatre in Milwaukee. 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