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| Dyana Carroll and David Michael Paul photo by Nick Woodward-Shaw |
highlights from local critics reviews - (click link at bottom of each review to read complete review)
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"...Over the River and Through the Woods...a clever, funny, and quite moving drama with a few surprises in its plot. Hale Centre Theatre's production features clear direction, beautiful creative aspects, and a gifted cast who instill their characters with plenty of realism and an abundance of charm. The plot centers on Nick Cristano, a young professional in his 20s who lives and works in the New York City area. Both sets of his Italian grandparents live close to each other across the Hudson river in Hoboken... Nick is the only family his four grandparents see on a regular basis. When Nick is offered a promotion that would force him to move thousands of miles away to Seattle...the four set in motion a plan they hope will keep Nick in town....while the title and setup may make you think you're in for a laugh-out-loud comedy, and there are several really funny parts, there is plenty of drama and a number of moving moments in the script that elevate this beyond a lighthearted play. Tim Dietlein's direction is smart and appropriately not heavy handed...David Michael Paul is very good as Nick...As his maternal pair, (of grandparents) Frank and Aida Gianelli, who host the weekly Sunday family meals, Dyana Carroll and Jim Roehr get the most stage time and they bring an abundance of passion to their roles. Carroll is the emotional center of the piece and her performance is exceptional....(the play) may on one hand be humorous, sentimental, poignant, nostalgic and charming, but it is also the heartwarming and very moving story of a passionate family and the universal theme that, as one character clearly puts it, "what matters is family."..." -Gil Benbrook, Talkin' Broadway (click here to read the complete review)
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