Oliver!

Tonight @ the Milwaukee Theatre - 8 p.m.

Jan. 02, 2009

midnight

It’s a morose thought, but could the country’s economic situation actually be creating more demand for stage adaptations of Charles Dickens? Case in point, the Milwaukee Rep’s perennially popular production of A Christmas Carol is being followed this year by a two-night, three-show stop at the Milwaukee Theatre by a touring production of Oliver!, a sun-shine soaked musical adaptation of Dickens story about perhaps the most plucky and precocious of all his many orphans as he strives for a little more gruel and a warm place to call home. Tonight’s opening performance is at 8 p.m.

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I just heard this album today, and browsed around ...

I just heard this album today, and browsed around for reviews online. This absolutely mirrors how I feel about The Monitor. You have summed it up perfectly in a rather short review and you definitely know what you are talking about. I have found a lot of articles that mention the vocal similarity to Conor Oberst, but nearly everyone is saying he sounds like an adgitated Oberst, or Oberst screaming from hell. He indeed sounds like a younger Oberst, who is not the whiny, morose generalization but at least once sounded very very much like this, especially with desperacidos. The monitor sounds like a desperacidos album (the only one released has intros and outros of recorded speech). But anyway, you touched on what I was looking for someone to mention. It's almost shameless how much this guy (Patrick Stickles) sings like Conor Oberst.

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