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Fun stuff includes "Purple Rain" at Canton Palace, "Golden Girls" tribute in Massillon, Donna Summer musical at KSU Tuscarawas, Meyers Lake art.

'Hot Stuff': Donna Summer Musical has Hanover Theatre audience on their feet

And while that is one of the true musical highlights of Summer – The Donna Summer Musical, it also focuses attention on the fact that the musical itself – or, rather, its problematic book – often seems unable to figure out how to focus the spotlight on its heroine. Taking a non-linear pathway through the story of the diva’s life, Summer – The Donna Summer Musical is oftentimes confusing and sometimes perplexing, despite the fact that the musical score (attributed to Summer, Giorgio Moroder, Paul Jabara and “others” in the playbill) is wonderfully entertaining and certain to unlea...

The problem with FLASHDANCE THE MUSICAL is that it's not the movie. One among those films that just don't make it as stage adaptation. Arizona Broadway Theatre's production makes the point in a show that's more flat than flash. Runs through April 24th.

Say this about the three Donnas who bring “Summer: The Donna Summer Musical” Donna Summer to life at the Emerson Colonial Theatre: They work hard for the money.