Between 1998 and 2003, Union Avenue Opera Theatre usually produced one to two full productions per summer along with a concert staging of an operetta.

Its first concert staging was on February 2, 1968, at the old Electric Factory and featured The Chambers Brothers.

In 2001, a touring concert staging was presented featuring most of the original performers recreating their previous roles.

"Years from now, when some savvy producer is scouting old theater material for a scaled-down concert staging, The Capeman should be first on his list."

In the concert staging of the musical, Beech sang "Exhibit A" and received positive reviews.

Then, two years ago, Encores tried something more recent, a bleakly brilliant concert staging of the 1975 musical "Chicago."

She acted her part, in this concert staging, with dignity and simple gestures.

This is no archival resurrection in the style of the program's last concert staging, the nearly forgotten Gershwin gem "Pardon My English."

The charms of the original production, which ran for nearly a year on Broadway, can only be partly realized in a concert staging.

The concert staging of Passion was televised as part of Live from Lincoln Center.