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| Adam Kurbat, Lyda Armistead, Owen Donsker, Zoey Waller, and Lauren Youngstedt Photo by Robert Waller |
highlights from local critics reviews - (click link at bottom of each review to read complete review)
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"Based on the 1997 documentary of the same name, the musical Hands on a Hardbody focuses on people who are just trying to get by and achieve their version of the American dream. Here, their dream includes winning a truck, the "hardbody" of the title, in a contest. While the show has an interesting premise, its score is just serviceable and the book a bit choppy. However, it does have interesting characters and themes that anyone can relate to. Spotlight Youth Theatre's production features a gifted cast of teens and sharp direction, along with an intimacy achieved from the small venue that makes you feel connected to the plight of the characters....Director Renee Koher does an excellent job in making sure the show focuses on the individual characters and not the life-sized truck that's center stage and that the cast all deliver performances that are three-dimensional and realistic. For a show where, for the most part, the cast are all standing around a truck, Stephen Hohendorf's choreography is organic to the characters and grows out of the action...may not be a perfect musical but it does focus on people you don't usually see in a show and finds a way to connect their life experiences with our own. It also has an ending that is uplifting and hopeful. With a talented cast and solid direction, Spotlight Youth Theatre's production is entertaining and even quite moving in places." - Gil Benbrook, TalkinBroadway.com (click here to read the complete review)
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