![]() Raabe, 33, grew up in Watertown, a farming community in northeast South Dakota, and his story is like that of many a stagestruck kid. ![]() "We'll do some interesting mashups, putting songs together like The Boy From Ipanema with Blister in the Sun by the Violent Femmes." "We'll do some Beach Boys songs, like God Only Knows," he says. On the Cabaret set, the duo will delve into the songs of summer with a program they call "Too Darn Hot!" On Sunday night, he turns his hand to performing a concert with singer Sara DelBeato. Other musicals Raabe has worked on in the past year or two include Grey Gardens and Man of La Mancha at Freefall and Pump Boys and Dinettes at New American Theater. "It's just his talent and what he hears that makes him so good." "He seems so laid back, and then his band is so sharp and dynamic," Olson says. Todd Olson, producing artistic director of American Stage, loved the way Raabe led the band in the park this year. "For Cabaret, I'm proud of the orchestrations and vocal arrangements I did." "With Rocky, our goal was just to rock out," Raabe says. At Freefall Theatre, he is playing piano and leading the band in a smashing production of Cabaret, fast on the heels of his doing the same, but in a very different kind of show, for American Stage in the Park performances of The Rocky Horror Show. ![]() Michael Raabe is music director of the moment in Tampa Bay area theater. By John Fleming, Times Performing Arts Critic In Print: Thursday, J ST. ![]()
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