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ENTER THE GUARDSMAN Book by Scott Wentworth For performance rights to ENTER
THE GUARDSMAN, please contact Some photos by Pat Kirk. ENTER THE GUARDSMAN is an award winning musical adapted from the classic THE GUARDSMAN by Ferenc Molnar. An actor, convinced that the bloom is off the marital rose, decides to disguise himself as a guardsman to prove his actress wife’s infidelity. A playwright acts as narrator and character in this story about art imitating life. "Clever and intimate"- Time Magazine "... blessed with a delightful Viennese-inflected score that ranges from jaunty patter songs through ghostly waltzes to an achingly beautiful love-duet that touches on the profound...neat witty lyrics...in its scale, wit, and human feeling, seems to offer great hope for the future of this genre." London Daily Telegraph "intelligent, witty, and lyrically astute"-International Herald Tribune "Sparkling, magical, charming"- Independent Press - |
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"..,polished and snappy... the music is cleverly reminiscent of the light opera of the 1920s, the period of the musical" London Times "A huge triumph for small-scale musical theatre!" What's-On Magazine "...fizzed with the kind of sophisticated wit all too seldom heard on the on the musical stage, and its music and lyrics skipped effortlessly from the dialogue..had style , charm, and humor." London-Daily Mail
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"Terrific performances, delightful music, deft lyrics, and a script in which almost every other line gets a big belly laugh"- Star Ledger -  "A show that is fresh and clever with very satisfying music... A wonderful entertainment not to be missed."- Out and About magazine - "Bubbles over with considerable fun"- Associated Press - "One of the best new musicals to come down the theatrical pike in years. Intelligent, literate, seamlesslessly sewn together with a tuneful score and delightful lyrics keeps topping itself all the way to its delightful climax. Bohmlerís work is grounded in the best work of Bernstein, Sondheim, Rogers and Loewe."- Daily Record -
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"A made to order hit including a charming and clever score by Craig Bohmler. Wait for it to show up in New York. Those tickets are going to be hot."- Show Business Weekly - "Lush and memorable ballads and funny tunes, Craig Bohmler loves melody."- Talkiní Broadway Internet review - "Big laughs, clever lyrics, great music wrapped around an intriguing story - A rare and wonderful evening."- Asbury Press - |
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"An incomparable mixture of romance and world-weariness, fantasy, and grim reality."- New York Times - "Has an audience justifiably cheering after five of fifteen unfamiliar, but instantly accessible songs."- The Press Journal
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"A sweet, comic, chamber piece with an entrancing score, highlighted by appealing, first rate performances. Hauntingly lovely."- Variety -
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Performances at: Donmar Warehouse (London,
England-Sam Mendez, producer) |
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