REVIEW: At People’s Light, The Children Brings Disaster to Our Doorstep
Cameron and David consider Lucy Kirkwood’s taut drama that considers how society reacts to a fallout of its own making.
Cameron and David consider Lucy Kirkwood’s taut drama that considers how society reacts to a fallout of its own making.
Politics and culture here are ultimately filler, suggesting but not delivering dramatic weight.
Already a byword for spectacular failure, David and Cameron find the movie of CATS even worse than expected.
Judith Ivey offers a performance of raw, unflinching honesty across the story’s increasingly bleak three hours.
This musical is as manicured as the kind of Stepfordian society the material supposedly rails against.
A conceptual misstep frustratingly dilutes and distracts from an often rewarding musical performance.
Don’t miss this superb show, which returns for a run this December!
The great Amanda Schoonover makes the ordinary extraordinary.
It’s not difficult to make an audience weep. But artists have a responsibility to not overuse that power.
They came, saw, and conquered… and I hope they return soon.