{"id":14671,"date":"2021-09-10T11:17:52","date_gmt":"2021-09-10T11:17:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leicesterbaytheatricals.com\/?page_id=14671"},"modified":"2022-10-10T22:04:27","modified_gmt":"2022-10-10T22:04:27","slug":"enchanted-april-nyc-reviews","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/leicesterbaytheatricals.com\/?page_id=14671","title":{"rendered":"Critical Accolades for An Enchanted April"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>NYC REVIEWS:<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cA tremendous success.\u201d<\/b>\u2014 Peter Filichia, Broadway Radio, November 3, 2019<\/p>\n

\u201cThe craft of the score is really quite fine.\u201d<\/b>\u2014 Peter Filichia, Broadway Radio, November 3, 2019<\/p>\n

\u201cI thought it was terrific! One of the best shows to open this season in the musicals category.\u201d<\/b>\u2014 Peter Filichia, Broadway Radio, November 3, 2019<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat can I say? I loved it. Don\u2019t miss it.\u201d<\/b>\u2014 Peter Filichia, Broadway Radio, November 3, 2019<\/p>\n

\u201cThe score incorporates the lilting measures of waltz and the upbeat rhythms of ragtime\u201d<\/b>\u2014 Deb Miller, DCMetro, November 7, 2019<\/p>\n

\u201cWith lyrical melodies, both wistful and sparkling,\u00a0<\/b>An Enchanted April<\/i><\/b>\u00a0captures the spirit of this era of relief, quiet desperation and wonder.\u201d<\/b> \u2013\u2013Sarah Downs, Front Row Center, November 8, 2019<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is such a pleasure to hear women and men sing in their natural ranges, allowing their voices to move through their registers without stress\u201d<\/b> \u2013\u2013Sarah Downs, Front Row Center, November 8, 2019<\/p>\n

\u201cAn Enchanted April\u00a0\u2013 Charming!\u201d <\/b>\u2013\u2013from the column Women About Town on Playing Around by Alix Cohen, November 8, 2019.<\/p>\n

\u201cElizabeth Hansen and C. Michael Perry have manifest the story\u2019s light-handed sensitivity and sentiment without treacle.\u201d <\/b>\u2013\u2013from the column Women About Town on Playing Around by Alix Cohen, November 8, 2019.<\/p>\n

\u201cAn Enchanted April<\/i>\u2019s gentle heart is unimpeachable.\u201d <\/b>\u2013\u2013from the column Women About Town on Playing Around by Alix Cohen, November 8, 2019.<\/p>\n

\u201cEvery one of Perry\u2019s attractive, supple melodies suits the moment.\u201d <\/b>\u2013\u2013from the column Women About Town on Playing Around by Alix Cohen, November 8, 2019.<\/p>\n

\u201cGroup numbers interweave with high craft.\u201d <\/b>\u2013\u2013from the column Women About Town on Playing Around by Alix Cohen, November 8, 2019.<\/p>\n

\u201cLyrics are both wonderfully literate and singable.\u201d <\/b>\u2013\u2013from the column Women About Town on Playing Around by Alix Cohen, November 8, 2019.<\/p>\n

\u201cHansen\u2019s book is deftly economic, offering just enough dialogue not to feel changes are abrupt, rendering each character distinctive.\u201d <\/b>\u2013\u2013from the column Women About Town on Playing Around by Alix Cohen, November 8, 2019.<\/p>\n

\u201cA witty book.\u201d <\/b>\u2014 MARK KAPPELL, Blog, November 2, 2019<\/p>\n

\u201cMusic and lyrics that evoke the period in which the story takes place.\u201d <\/b>\u2014 MARK KAPPELL, Blog, November 2, 2019<\/p>\n

\u201cMoments when you might think of a play by Chekov or even Sondheim\u2019s A Little Night Music.<\/i>\u201d <\/b>\u2014 MARK KAPPELL, Blog, November 2, 2019<\/p>\n

\u201cThis version of An Enchanted April<\/i> has much of its own to offer.\u201d <\/b>\u2014 MARK KAPPELL, Blog, November 2, 2019<\/p>\n

\u201cAn Enchanted April<\/i>\u2026succeeds in capturing the sense of longing, burgeoning camaraderie, and emotional transformation interwoven through the original source material.\u201d<\/b> \u2014 James Wilson, November 4, 2019, Talkin\u2019 Broadway<\/p>\n

\u201cThe musical offers a pleasant return to San Salvatore.\u201d <\/b>\u2014 James Wilson, November 4, 2019, Talkin\u2019 Broadway<\/p>\n

\u201cAn affable show, the score contains\u2026 an appropriate mix of operetta and musical comedy songs. Some evoke motifs from popular songs of the 1920s.\u201d <\/b>\u2014 James Wilson, November 4, 2019, Talkin\u2019 Broadway<\/p>\n

\u201cLottie\u2019s standout number, “Right As Rain!,” playfully integrates ragtime rhythms\u2026\u2018Endless Rain\u2019 is the plaintive quartet.\u201d <\/b>\u2014 James Wilson, November 4, 2019, Talkin\u2019 Broadway<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is a score\u2026that cries out for lush orchestrations to match the nostalgic mood and sumptuous European setting.\u201d <\/b>\u2014 James Wilson, November 4, 2019, Talkin\u2019 Broadway<\/p>\n

\u201cThe show is similar in tone and aura to Stephen Sondheim’s A Little Night Music<\/i>.\u201d <\/b>\u2014 James Wilson, November 4, 2019, Talkin\u2019 Broadway<\/p>\n

\u201cThere are many pleasures to be had in the course of the evening.\u201d <\/b>\u2014 James Wilson, November 4, 2019, Talkin\u2019 Broadway<\/p>\n

\u201cAn Enchanted April<\/i> is a genial respite from New York’s typically cold and damp November.\u201d<\/b> \u2014 James Wilson, November 4, 2019, Talkin\u2019 Broadway<\/p>\n

\u201cA radically old-fashioned romantic musical.\u201d <\/b>\u2014 Marc Miller, November 3, 2019, OffOff Online<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s light on its feet and pleasing to the ear.\u201d <\/b>\u2014 Marc Miller, November 3, 2019, OffOff Online<\/p>\n

First things first: The singing is absolutely superb, and, better yet, unmiked, rendering even the complicated contrapuntal vocal passages utterly audible and often beautiful.\u201d <\/b>\u2014 Marc Miller, November 3, 2019, OffOff Online<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s agreeably retro, there\u2019s even a genuine overture and entr\u2019acte.\u201d <\/b>\u2014 Marc Miller, November 3, 2019, OffOff Online<\/p>\n

\u201cNeat, well-rhymed, bountiful with the waltzes, and refreshingly plot- and character-specific.\u201d <\/b>\u2014 Marc Miller, November 3, 2019, OffOff Online<\/p>\n

\u201cYou\u2019ll leave humming, and generously reminded of the ancient pleasures of hearing real voices unaided by elaborate audio engineering.\u201d <\/b>\u2014 Marc Miller, November 3, 2019, OffOff Online<\/p>\n

\u201cAn Enchanted April<\/i> may feel archaic to the few younger folks in the audience\u2014imagine, a new musical without a single disaffected teen singing endlessly about his\/her problems.\u201d <\/b>\u2014 Marc Miller, November 3, 2019, OffOff Online<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s comfort food, constructed according to the old standards of literate dialogue, literate lyrics, and lush melody supported by chords that resolve naturally into one another.\u201d <\/b>\u2014 Marc Miller, November 3, 2019, OffOff Online<\/p>\n

\u201cThe enduring resonance of its source material is evident in An Enchanted April.<\/i>\u201d <\/b>\u2014 Darryl Reilly, November 4, 2019, Theatre Scene<\/p>\n

\u201cThe piece\u2019s emotional power is palpable.\u201d <\/b>\u2014 Darryl Reilly, November 4, 2019, Theatre Scene<\/p>\n

Co-lyricists Elizabeth Hansen and composer\/co-lyricist C. Michael Perry\u2019s score, with its appealing melodies and artful lyrics, recalls the manner of Jerry Herman.\u201d <\/b>\u2014 Darryl Reilly, November 4, 2019, Theatre Scene<\/p>\n

\u201cMs. Hansen\u2019s book is faithful to its derivation, has wit and dramatic heft.\u201d <\/b>\u2014 Darryl Reilly, November 4, 2019, Theatre Scene<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

UTAH REVIEWS:<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cIt was absolutely worth the experience\u2014the story got my mind thinking about the 1920\u2019s and how the experience of the Enchanted April female characters translates to contemporary women in the 2010\u2019s.\u201d \u2014Katie Sullivan Porter<\/strong>, Utah Theatre Bloggers<\/p>\n

\u201cElizabeth Hansen said she wanted to write a show that was beautifully simple and lyrical. With the help of C. Michael Perry, who wrote and directed the music, she succeeded.\u201d \u2014Heather Jones<\/strong>, Backstage Utah<\/p>\n

\u201cOne of my favorite songs in the show, which is altogether too short is “Solicitors Wife”. It reminds me a bit of \u201cHymn to Him\u201d from My Fair Lady in tone\u2014a song that shows a very limited point of view and is ripe with sexism, but in a way that the audience knows how very misguided the singer is being. It\u2019s a very clever song, perfectly illustrating Mellersh\u2019s character and I wanted more!\u201d \u2014Kara Henry<\/strong>, Front Row Reviewers Utah<\/p>\n

\u201cMellersh…transforms himself, while still keeping the essence of his original character. This is something I was quite impressed with throughout the production, and I praise director Elizabeth Hansen for. It\u2019s not easy to have nearly every one of the characters go through that much of a transformation while not having them seem too different to have it out of bounds for the character. As the writer and the director, Hansen hit this balance well.\u201d \u2014Kara Henry<\/strong>, Front Row Reviewers Utah<\/p>\n

\u201cHansen\u2019s book was quite good too. There were so many unexpectedly funny moments in a show that could have been dowdy and slow. Overall, I felt this was a solid, solid show and certainly worth seeing.\u201d \u2014Kara Henry<\/strong>, Front Row Reviewers Utah<\/p>\n

\u201cGrab a Friend and Go Celebrate the Power of Friendship and Love!\u201d \u2014Kara Henry<\/strong>, Front Row Reviewers Utah<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

NYC REVIEWS: \u201cA tremendous success.\u201d\u2014 Peter Filichia, Broadway Radio, November 3, 2019 \u201cThe craft of the score is really quite fine.\u201d\u2014 Peter<\/p>\n

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