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| Virginia Olivieri, Rob Stuart, and Karl Haas 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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"Part murder mystery and part black comedy, The Gazebo is a fun whodunit with enough twists and turns to keep you guessing. While the script is a bit overstuffed with red herrings and also a tad overlong, Hale Centre Theatre's production is charming and upbeat, with wonderful creative elements and a great cast who all have a fun time with the entertaining comical mystery....Alec Coppel has managed to create interesting characters and situations. However, he incorporates a number of unnecessary plot elements and character traits that are never fully fleshed out....The Hale cast are all very good and adept at playing both the humorous and dramatic moments the play requires. As Elliott, Rob Stuart has the right combination of confusion, stress, fear and concern for a man who is under pressure due to being blackmailed and plotting a murder....As the headstrong Nell, Virginia Olivieri is outgoing, personable, upbeat and bright. She looks gorgeous in the stylish period-perfect costumes by Celia Erickson and her heightened reactions work beautifully for a woman who is content in her married and professional life but then becomes confused and concerned once the plot unfolds and she learns her husband is a murderer....While there are some pacing issues and the script is a bit overlong, The Gazebo at Hale is an entertaining and intriguing comical murder mystery with a great cast, some laughs, and a murder that quickly and humorously snowballs frantically out of control." - Gil Benbrook, TalkinBroadway.com (click here to read the complete review)
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