The World Goes Round at Olney Theatre Center

The World Goes Round

Olney Theatre Center
2001 Olney-Sandy Spring Rd. Olney

In musical theatre, the team of John Kander & Fred Ebb produced iconic songs for unforgettable characters like Roxy in Chicago, the Emcee in Cabaret, Zorba, Chita Rivera's Spider Woman - not to mention Liza Minelli's signature number for the film New York, New York. The World Goes Round brings together some of their greatest hits from a life in the theatre that serves as a tribute to their careers, and their overriding faith in humans to persevere through good times and bad.

Thru - May 21, 2023

Price: $37-$74

Show Type: Musical

Box Office: 301-924-3400

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The World Goes Round Reviews

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Washington Post - Highly Recommended

"...It all amounts to a striking reminder of Kander’s outsize melodic gifts and Ebb’s sophisticated lyrics, over the course of a collaboration that included stage-to-screen hits such as “Cabaret” (1966) and “Chicago” (1975) and misses like “Flora, the Red Menace” (1965) and “70, Girls, 70” (1971). All four shows are represented in “The World Goes ’Round,” along with both timeless and mostly forgotten ditties from a passel of other Kander and Ebb musicals, movies and concert acts."

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- Peter Marks

DC Theater Arts - Highly Recommended

"...Olney Theatre’s production of The World Goes ‘Round – The Music of Kander & Ebb is not a musical but more of an anthology of highlights from the songwriting pair. What director Kevin McAllister put together with his vision for this show has no storyline, but rather short glimpses of musical journeys — with one song on its own or several related songs performed together, giving the audience a well-rounded tour through songs that create places to linger in, savor, and enjoy."

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- Dana Roberts

Talkin Broadway - Highly Recommended

"...The Olney Theatre Center in the Maryland suburbs of Washington has created an ensemble of five resplendent musical theatre performers to celebrate the musical work of John Kander and Fred Ebb in The World Goes 'Round, a wide-ranging revue of songs from throughout the team's career. Director Kevin S. McAllister, also a member of the cast, is working from a script adapted and updated from a 1991 Off-Broadway production conceived by Scott Ellis, Susan Stroman, and David Thompson. Shalyce Hemby has created the inventive and widely varied choreography, as each song (sometimes two or three together) becomes its own one-act play."

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- Susan Berlin

MD Theatre Guide - Highly Recommended

"..."The World Goes 'Round" is a delightful trip down memory lane and a great spin on the music of two of the planet's great musical collaborators. The show is great for the whole family."

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- Susan Brall

BroadwayWorld - Highly Recommended

"...If you like the musicals of Kander and Ebb, and musical reviews that pack a lot of music into a single performance, then make tracks to Olney Theatre Center and catch The World Goes 'Round, a co-production by Olney Theatre Center, ArtsCentric, and Everyman Theatre, running through May 21st."

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- Ken Kemp

The World Goes Round at Olney Theatre Center