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| Cassie Chilton, Bonnie Beus Romney, and Chanel Edwards-Frederick Photo by Brennen Russell, Blink Sessions Photography |
highlights from local critics reviews - (click link at bottom of each review to read complete review)
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"With so many musicals adapted from popular films, it's refreshing when a smaller, lesser-known movie is transformed into a hit stage production. Waitress, based on the 2007 indie film of the same name, tells the heartfelt story of a young woman at a life-changing crossroads. Featuring an outstanding score by pop singer and songwriter Sara Bareilles, the show enjoyed a successful Broadway run and national tour. The Phoenix Theatre Company is bringing the Arizona premiere of the show to life with a fantastic cast of mostly local talent, including a star turn by Cassie Chilton, delivering a warm and captivating production." - Gil Benbrook, TalkinBroadway.com (click here to read the complete review)
"The positive and upbeat musical “Waitress,” based on Adrienne Shelly’s movie, is about second chances that are often difficult to seize but, if taken, can lead to an exciting and unexpected new life. It is brought glowingly to life in an amazingly top drawer The Phoenix Theatre Company (TPTC) staging that duplicates the brilliant Broadway staging...As sharply staged with vigorous pacing by Chanel Bragg, the production looks, sounds, and feels like the Broadway version. Kevin Robert White’s fine orchestra plays Sara Bareilles hummable score with gusto. Casting is impeccable. Cassie Chilton’s thoughtful Jenna, the expert pie chef, is movingly touching." -Chris Curcio, Curtain Up Phoenix (click here to read the complete review)
"When expert pie-maker and waitress Jenna (an outstanding Cassie Chilton with a dynamic voice) either concocts or fantasizes the recipe for a new pie, an almost other-worldly voice sings in a whisper the pie’s first ingredient: “Sugar.” And depending on her mood, the waitress gives each pie an individual name, such as “My Eggs Have Trapped Me Pie,” or “My Husband’s a Jerk Chicken Pot Pie.” Based on the 2007 film of the same name by the late writer and actor Adrienne Shelly, who also played one of Jenna’s co-workers in the movie, WAITRESS the musical, presented by The Phoenix Theatre Company on the Hormel Theatre stage until November 24, follows the same plot points as the screenplay, but changes the overall tone into something far more rewarding." - David Appleford, Broadway World (click here to read the complete review)
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