Broadway’s ‘Paradise Square’ is enthralling spectacle of history
by Iris Fanger
Mar 30, 2022
4 minutes
The Broadway show “Paradise Square” is a rarity this season: It’s an original musical – not a stage version of an existing movie property, like “Aladdin,” nor a jukebox musical based on a singer’s work such as “Tina: The Tina Turner Musical.”
I caught “Paradise Square” in Chicago during its tryout run, ahead of the Broadway opening on April 3. I was especially excited to see the work of lead choreographer Bill T. Jones, a Tony-winning veteran of two Broadway shows, as well as the director of a contemporary dance company. I was intrigued by the big intentions of
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