Revitalizing everything about Jack and the Beanstalk except the soundtrack and script is like putting a new paint job on an antique car but ignoring the fact that its guts are rusted out.
A collection of stage and screen shows reviewed by Donald Devet and guest reviewers.
Revitalizing everything about Jack and the Beanstalk except the soundtrack and script is like putting a new paint job on an antique car but ignoring the fact that its guts are rusted out.
“The Peter Rabbit Revue” is a showcase of Engler’s 34 years of experience. He knows how to please an audience of children and adults.
Staged with marionettes and a smattering of shadows, Jim Bowen’s vision of the Igor Stravinsky abridged ballet score is ambitious, possibly overly ambitious.
Puppeteers need a venue like Cat’s Paw Cabaret. It’s a great place to flex creative muscles and experiment with crazy stuff.
There are many practitioners of the found object school but nobody does it quite like Zaloom.
This opera is as downtown as you can get with all the joy of live music and cardboard cars.