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| Issie Ocampo and Vinny Chavez (left) and Sedona Ramonett and Jacob Herrera (right) photos by Chanel Bragg |
highlights from local critics reviews - (click link at bottom of each review to read complete review)
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"...a beautifully directed and well-cast production of Jason Robert Brown's small scale, two-person musical...UCAT is presenting this musical with two alternating casts, one performing the show in English and the other in Spanish....Brown's score is glorious and features varied compositions and ingenious lyrics. However, while the idea to show the five years in Jamie and Cathy's relationship in an overlapping timeframe is original and theatrical, it doesn't always quite work. Due to the shifting time element, the score is a series of solo songs, with only one duet at the middle of the show, "The Next Ten Minutes," which takes place at their wedding....Fortunately, co-directors Sonia Rodriguez Wood and Chanel Bragg make the wise decision to keep both actors on stage for almost the entire show, which is something the other four productions of this musical I've seen didn't do....all four actors are exceptional, with clarity in their portrayals, smart acting choices, and voices that soar and hit some beautiful high notes....(Jacob) Herrera and (Vinny) Chavez are both charismatic and animated as Jamie. With well thought out performances, we immediately feel the excitement Jamie experiences when he meets Cathy as well as when he secures his first agent and publishes his book, but we also understand the hurt when Cathy doesn't share his excitement. (Sedona) Ramonett and (Issie) Ocampo are just as good as Cathy. From Cathy's very first song, when the pain and confusion are apparent when she realizes her marriage has fallen apart, to the comical numbers about her acting and audition experiences, both Ramonett and Ocampo deliver performances that are sensitive, humorous, and full of emotion...." -Gil Benbrook, Talkin' Broadway (click here to read the complete review)
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