[NEohioPAL] Review of "The Old Man and the Old Moon" at Dobama Theatre

[Bob Abelman]

Dobama goes old-school, low-tech and off-off-Broadway with delightful ‘The Old Man and the Old Moon’ 



Bob Abelman

Cleveland Jewish News, The News Herald, The Morning Journal



If you share my theater sensibilities, you probably love the Peter Pan prequel “Peter and the Starcatcher” – a wonderfully witty and meta-theatrical show on a stripped-down stage that turns everyday objects into storytelling stagecraft – but wished it had more heart.  And you most likely adore the musical “Once” – a hopelessly romantic tale of despondency that employs actors as on-stage instrumentalists – but would have preferred less heart on its sleeve.



A very happy middle-ground in temperament and theatricality can be found in the delightfully uninhibited and engagingly inventive “The Old Man and the Old Moon.”  The 2012 off-off Broadway play-with-music began its journey in 2007 as the brainchild of a few absurdly talented Carnegie Mellon School of Drama sophomores, later known as the PigPen Theatre Co.  It is currently receiving its regional premiere at Dobama Theatre under Melissa T. Crum and Nathan Motta’s unapologetically playful direction.



For more of this review, go to: www.clevelandjewishnews.com/columnists/bob_abelman/
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