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The Cher Show with Grace Clarke

Published: Jan. 14, 2021, 7 p.m.

This week we chat with Grace Clarke about which of life\'s truths can be learned from the musical that is all-Cher, all-the-time - the Cher Show!

"Choosing to recreate the spirit of the television variety shows that Sonny and Cher \\u2014 and then Cher sans Sonny \\u2014 headlined in the \\u201870s is a choice that lands as flat as the jokes in Broadway\\u2019s latest jukebox bio, \\u201cThe Cher Show.\\u201d Its attempt to celebrate the resilience of its \\u201cbad-ass\\u201d star and her half-century career of highs and lows rarely rises above that TV series\\u2019 taste for cliches, corn and cheese. Despite an icon with attitude, an armful of pop tunes and a can-do cast, the script never quite finds a satisfying style \\u2014 or a genuine heart \\u2014 as a winning stage musical. As Cher might say: Broadway\\u2019s a bitch.

You know a show\\u2019s in trouble when the moments that elicit the biggest applause of the night don\\u2019t even feature its title character. There\\u2019s a mini-fashion show featuring over-the-top outfits by original Cher designer Bob Mackie \\u2014 who created the costumes for the musical \\u2014 that\\u2019s a stunner of shameless excess. There\\u2019s also a dazzling number choreographed by Christopher Gattelli featuring a knockout dancer (Ashley Blair Fitzgerald) representing \\u201cThe Dark Lady\\u201d of one of Cher\\u2019s songs."

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