This week we chat with Grace Clarke about which of life's truths can be learned from the musical that is all-Cher, all-the-time - the Cher Show!

"Choosing to recreate the spirit of the television variety shows that Sonny and Cher — and then Cher sans Sonny — headlined in the ‘70s is a choice that lands as flat as the jokes in Broadway’s latest jukebox bio, “The Cher Show.” Its attempt to celebrate the resilience of its “bad-ass” star and her half-century career of highs and lows rarely rises above that TV series’ taste for cliches, corn and cheese. Despite an icon with attitude, an armful of pop tunes and a can-do cast, the script never quite finds a satisfying style — or a genuine heart — as a winning stage musical. As Cher might say: Broadway’s a bitch.

You know a show’s in trouble when the moments that elicit the biggest applause of the night don’t even feature its title character. There’s a mini-fashion show featuring over-the-top outfits by original Cher designer Bob Mackie — who created the costumes for the musical — that’s a stunner of shameless excess. There’s also a dazzling number choreographed by Christopher Gattelli featuring a knockout dancer (Ashley Blair Fitzgerald) representing “The Dark Lady” of one of Cher’s songs."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Cher_Show_(musical)

https://thechershowbroadway.com/

https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-production/the-cher-show-518460

https://www.broadway.com/shows/cher-show/cast/

https://www.facebook.com/TheCherShow/

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rick_Elice

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cher

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephanie_J._Block

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Got_You_Babe

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Beat_Goes_On_(Sonny_%26_Cher_song)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gypsys,_Tramps_and_Thieves

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alaska_Thunderfuck

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adore_Delano

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chad_Michaels

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