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| Marshall Glass and Bonnie Beus Romney photo by Nick Woodward-Shaw |
highlights from local critics reviews - (click link at bottom of each review to read complete review)
Click here for more information on this production that runs through May 8"...As Lizzie, Bonnie Beus Romney delivers a beautifully understated and at times heartbreaking performance that gets to the core of the character with appropriate acting choices that allow Lizzie to unfold, open up, and, yes, even become "beautiful" before our eyes....She is simply luminous in the role... Marshall Glass has the appropriate swagger and good looks as Starbuck, the charismatic, smooth-talking showman, con artistWhile the situations in Nash's play may be dated, the work itself holds up very well, and it is charming, humorous, heartwarming and uplifting...." -Gil Benbrook, Talkin' Broadway (click here to read the complete review)
"...The play is culturally dated most certainly but made enjoyable by some strong performances and deft staging by director Tim Dietlein....The tentpole of this production is Katherine Stewart as Lizzie. ...Her performance is a clinic on technique-driven 20th century American realism. It's natural, nuanced, and the primary reason to see this play.A simple, realistic play in the four-sided audience layout at Hale presents director Tim Dietlein the not-so-easy task of keeping the actors believably moving. He accomplishes a motivated, dynamic staging with a script that could too easily be kept sitting in chairs and sofas. He sets a brisk pace and the cast follows through. The staging and performances aren't enough though to compensate for the extremely dated cultural values. ... THE RAINMAKER can't really sit among its contemporaries, but if your taste is for traditional, light comedy on the stage and some unenlightened conversations and characters won't bother you, then this production might be the feathery transition back into live theatre you're looking for. " - Tim Shawver, Broadway World (click here to read the complete review)
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