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face=Georgia>Dobama goes old-school, low-tech and off-off-Broadway with
delightful ‘The Old Man and the Old Moon’ </FONT></SPAN></B></P>
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Journal</FONT></SPAN></I><SPAN
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face=Georgia><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: ; BACKGROUND-IMAGE: none; BACKGROUND-REPEAT: repeat; BACKGROUND-ATTACHMENT: scroll; BACKGROUND-POSITION: 0% 0%; COLOR: ">If
you share my theater sensibilities, you probably love the Peter Pan prequel
“</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: ; COLOR: ; mso-bidi-font-style: italic">Peter
and the Starcatcher” – a </SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: ; COLOR: ">wonderfully
witty and meta-theatrical show on a stripped-down stage that turns everyday
objects into storytelling stagecraft – but wished it had more heart.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>And you most likely adore the musical
“Once” – a hopelessly </SPAN><SPAN lang=EN
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color=#333333>romantic tale of despondency</FONT></SPAN><SPAN lang=EN
style="FONT-FAMILY: ; COLOR: "> </SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: ; COLOR: ">that
employs actors as on-stage instrumentalists</SPAN><SPAN
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color=#333333> <SPAN lang=EN>– but </SPAN></FONT></SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: ; COLOR: ">would have preferred less heart on its
sleeve.</SPAN></FONT></P>
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very happy middle-ground in temperament and theatricality can be found in the
delightfully uninhibited and engagingly inventive </SPAN><SPAN
style='FONT-FAMILY: ; COLOR: ; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"'>“The
Old Man and the Old Moon.” <SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The 2012
</SPAN><SPAN
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Broadway play-with-music began its </SPAN><SPAN
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in 2007 as t</SPAN><SPAN
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brainchild of a few </SPAN><SPAN
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talented </SPAN><SPAN
style='FONT-FAMILY: ; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"'>Carnegie
Mellon School of Drama sophomores, later known as the PigPen Theatre Co. <SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>It is currently receiving its regional
premiere at Dobama Theatre under Melissa T. Crum and Nathan Motta’s </SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: ; BACKGROUND-IMAGE: none; BACKGROUND-REPEAT: repeat; BACKGROUND-ATTACHMENT: scroll; BACKGROUND-POSITION: 0% 0%; COLOR: ">unapologetically
playful direction.</SPAN></FONT></P>
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more of this review, go to: </SPAN><SPAN
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color=#0000ff>www.clevelandjewishnews.com/columnists/bob_abelman/</FONT></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV></DIV></BODY></HTML>