22-piece concert band, and 8 singing actors in 37 roles!
(To read entire review/endorsement, click on hilited quote)
"It will make a man with a wooden
leg get up and dance!"
Northwest Florida Daily News, SHOWCASE Cover Story
“admiringly chronicles Sousa’s life...a mission to educate the public about one of America’s first musical stars”
Beeri Moalem, San Jose Examiner
"Rousing 'Oh Mr. Sousa' brings audiences
to their feet"
Sasha Paulsen, Napa Valley Register
"PERFECT...I LOVED IT!...IT'LL
MAKE YOU STAND UP AND CHEER!"
JERRY FRIEDMAN, KGO AM RADIO ENTERTAINMENT EDITOR
"Hip hip hooray...a banquet of
a musical"
Jean Bartlett, Pacifica Tribune
"This is great!"
Jan Wahl, Entertainment Editor
KRON-TV, KCBS AM, The Examiner
"Opera House presents tribute to the
'King of American music'"
L. Pierce Carson, Napa Valley Register
"Sousa in Song: A Musical Biography
at the Freight"
Ken Bullock, Berkeley Daily Planet
"the best show they've ever had!"
Los Banos Enterprise
"Critic's Choice"
Larry Kelp, East Bay Express
and
"Weekend Pick"
Press received from the Nov. 9, 2004,
college workshop production,
ASU, Tempe, AZ
"Band, music shine in...‘Oh
Mr Sousa!’ "
a feel-good musical entertainment"
Claudia Sherrill, Daily News-Sun
"Strike up the band...The
timing is
right [for] 'Oh Mr Sousa!'"
Kenneth LaFave, Arizona Republic