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Dog Man: The Musical
Original Cast Recording

 

Music: Brad Alexander
Book & Lyrics: Kevin Del Aguila
Performed by: L.R. Davidson, Jamie Laverdiere, Brian Owen, Dan Rosales, Crystal Sha'nae, Forest Van Dyje, Kadrea Dawkins and Milo J. Marami
Label: Broadway Records
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RRP: £12.99
Release Date: 04 October 2019


Dog Man: The Musical is a fun, heartwarming new production following the chronicles of Dog Man, who with the head of a dog and the body of a policeman, loves to fight crime and chew on the furniture. But while trying his best to be a "good boy", can he save the city from Flippy the cyborg fish and the army of Beasty buildings? Can he catchy Petey, the world's most evil cat, who has cloned himself to exact revenge on the doggy do-gooder...?

Dog Man: The Musical takes the Dog Man comic book, A Tale of Two Kitties!, and gives fans a fresh musical interpretation. Don't worry if you're not familiar with the story. For musical theatre fans who love to collect new recordings, but have no idea who/what Dog Man is, worry not, the CD booklet contains a full breakdown of the plot.

There's a really good mix of musical styles here and the whole production is a lot of fun with plenty of humour. Some of this is intentionally twee, but the majority is having fun with the format and characters.

The story and songs are obviously important, but the whole thing wouldn't work without characters that the audience can relate too. The production has been incredibly lucky in its casting as the three main characters - evil cat Petey (Jamie LaVerdiere), Petey's infant clone, Li’l Petey (L.R. Davidson) and a cyborg fish villain called Flippy (Crystal Sha’nae) - are all perfect in their roles.

The plot is engaging and a lot of fun and, as you'd expect, the musical number incorporate a lot of the comic's original humour.

Many musical comedies never manages to get the balance right. Dog Man does, with pinpoint perfection. Be warned... You'll be singing 'Happy Song' for days...

9

Daisy May

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