Just like the beloved children’s novel that spawned two full-scale movie versions, the musical adaptation is dark, weird and wild with plenty of onstage magic, some strong acting and interesting visuals.
The show is fast paced, with many short scenes, and does a great job of talking about the micro-connections of our human experience.
TheatreSquared has brought in a powerhouse cast featuring Broadway and television veterans to fill the rolls.
Matilda wants us to believe that if we put our mind to something, and it’s for the right side of things, our strengths will help us prevail.
After the run in Fayetteville, the show will take the stage at the Lincoln Center in New York.
The show is available in Fayetteville from Feb. 26-28 and again from March 4-7. It’s meant to be watched synchronously at 8 p.m.
This production was purposefully staged, imbued with a talented cast and carefully filmed. We are privileged to have such an offering from our own region.
The show marks the theater company’s first fully-staged, new production of its current season.
It’s quite the onstage wonder. The costuming is nothing short of amazing, and the adaptability of the set pieces, along with a seamless directorial style, make it all the more like an animated dream.
It’s frantic, and it’s thrilling theater. It’s also quite funny, and sometimes shockingly off-kilter.
Once on This Island is onstage at the Walton Arts Center in Fayetteville through Feb. 16.
It is staged on a beautiful and smartly designed boxing ring, and there’s a surprising set reveal for the sixth round that’s worth letting you discover for yourself.
The holidays are chaos. Be grateful for yours, however it works for you.
Christmas has come to Fayetteville. Whether you’re ready for it or not, it has arrived – and will be around for a while.
It’s breathtakingly funny, and a dose of pure theater escapism.
It’s a must-visit vacation destination if you love Jimmy Buffett or have a 30A sticker on your car window.
There’s a depth of reality at work that really pushes Native Gardens. For a show that is nominally about a garden, it was a far from peaceful affair.
The new TheatreSquared looks brilliant, and we’ll talk about it for some time to come.
It’s a big production, with big ideas and big topics. And that’s a reason it remains one of the biggest draws in musical theater.
The show is imaginative, bold and transporting, all of which are things we ask musical theater to be.
It’s an outrageous tale, one that stretches believability.
Life can be depressing and funny at all once, and that duality is the central idea of the show’s best number.
