Dorset Players go ‘Rotten’ with song and dance spectacle

Scene from the musical “Something Rotten!” now on stage at the Dorset Players through May 24. Photo by Megan Demarest.

By Telly Halkias, Manchester Journal

The Dorset Players know how to exit stage left in spectacular manner. And so for the closing show of their 98th season – an historic run to 100 which is a rare feat in American theater – the Players are staging one of the grand spectacles of musical comedy: “Something Rotten!”

The show, with music and lyrics by Wayne and Karey Kirkpatrick, and book by Karey Kirkpatrick and John O’Farrell, has long been described in pop culture as “a comedic love letter to the Great White Way.” This production is directed and choreographed by the inimitable Renee Wymer, assisted by Dana Haley, with musical direction by Lorri Bond. The producer was the ruthlessly efficient Lynne Worth.