Previews:
April 8, 2003
Opened:
April 29, 2003
Ended:
August 2003
Country:
USA
State:
New York
City:
New York
Company/Producers:
Jeffrey Richards, Richard Gross, Ellen Berman, Irv Welzer & Fred Vogel.
Theater Type:
Broadway
Theater:
Belasco Theater
Theater Address:
111 West 44th Street
Genre:
Comedy
Director:
Michael Wilson
Review:
The idea of adapting that enchanting romantic film, "Enchanted April," for the stage seemed an odd choice. How could the visual beauty of that movie be recreated on the stage of the Belasco? But this delightful production is not a re-run of the film. Instead, it has been ingeniously adapted from the original novel by Elizabeth von Arnim. The walls of designer Tony Straiges' Italian island-castle are covered with great flowers - suggesting the beautiful gardens seen in the film. Restoring the impaired emotional lives of four quite different women is wonderfully accomplished by the excellent cast: Elizabeth Ashley, Jayne Atkinson, Patricia Conolly, Michael Cumpsty, Dagmara Domincyzk, Daniel Gerroll, Michael Hayden, and Molly Ringwald.
Parental:
brief nudity, adult themes
Cast:
Michael Cumpsty, Daniel Gerroll, Patricia Conolly, Dagmara Domincyk, Molly Ringwald, Elizabeth Ashley, Michael Hayden, Jayne Atkinson
Technical:
Other Critics:
TOTALTHEATER David Lefkowitz +
Miscellaneous:
This review was first published in NYTheatre-wire.com.
Critic:
Glenn Loney
Date Reviewed:
May 2003
