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Review

Music makes 'The World' go 'round
Theatre Review - Oregonian - 8/5/00  by Holly Johnson

    It's amazing how much story can be wrought from good song lyrics and how often songs reach the heart of a plot that an entire evening of theatre might merely circle around.
     "The World Goes 'Round: The Songs of Kander and Ebb," a spare yet stunning musical review offered by the Broadway Rose Theatre Company, takes us through mini-plots and denouements, through revelations and character sketches by way of the lyrics of Fred Ebb, who with composer John Kander has collaborated on major Broadway shows since the mid-1960's.
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     Patrick Spike has directed a fine cast of five performers .... who provide visual and vocal contrasts to the evening ....  Sharon Maroney kicks off the evening with the philosophical "And the World Goes Round" from New York, New York, a number that breathlessly builds as it ponders the singular joys and agonies of life.  The Company cuts up aping caffeine-induced mania in "Coffee in a Cardboard Cup" ... which accelerates with each chorus.
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     They're high points in an evening rich with show-stoppers that include an off-beat Modern Jazz Quartet-inspired arrangement of "Cabaret."