Bob Verini – Arts In LA
“So that’s where American Idol contestants go to die: non-Equity tours and Indian casinos.” So sniffed my companion as we approached the Pantages Theatre and its proud marquee announcement of Ace Young (seventh place, Season V) and Diana DeGarmo (second place, Season III) in Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. The skepticism was understandable. Doesn’t the whole idea of packaging reality competition runners-up in an old-warhorse musical seem…well…tacky? Read more…
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