Reviews by Carol Moore

**** Highly Recommended **** "It Came From Outer Space" is a new musical by Joe Kinosian and Kellen Blair (the people who wrote Murder for Two).  It’s a takeoff on Universal’s 1953 3-D movie starring Richard Carlson and Barbara Rush.  Now considered a classic of science fiction cinema, "It Came From Outer Space" is based on a Ray Bradbury film treatment called "The Meteor".  "It Came From Outer Space" is a clever comedy, with lots of campy melodrama, tongue-in-cheek dialog, physical humor, slapstick and puns that will make you groan.  I loved it!  4 BIG Spotlights

**** Highly Recommended ****  "Life After" is a poignant new musical packed with beautiful songs about the way a teenaged girl comes to accept the sudden death of her father.  Hard enough as an adult, right?  As if that weren’t enough, 16-year-old Alice had a huge fight with her dad and stormed out.  He called, left a message, but she never got the chance to call him back. "Life After" is a beautiful musical.  4 Spotlights    

June is here, and that means Canterbury Summer Theatre is back.  Canterbury opened the season with a rather eerie play, "The Thin Place" by Lucas Hnath, directed by David Graham.  If you like hearing/reading/watching spooky ghost stories, this is the play for you.  I’m not really into this genre, but I have to say, I felt a prickle of unease once or twice.  3 ½ Spotlights

**** Highly Recommended **** The Second City’s 110th Mainstage Revue, "Do the Right Thing, No Worries If Not" is downright hilarious.  Everywhere I looked, the folks in the audience were laughing – not polite little titters, either – I’m talking guffaws!  Unlike recent revues, this one isn’t angry or political or even newsy – although there was one funny sketch about doddering senior citizens which ended with the zinger – do we really want to elect these guys?  I haven’t laughed so much in years!  4 BIG Spotlights