MacDonald had a farm eieio and on that
farm eieio with a woof woof
that's my son up there I'm so sorry
Winston Churchill said criticism may not
be agreeable but it is necessary it
calls attention to the unhealthy state
of things and the state of children's
theater in this country is most
certainly unhealthy he said watching me
was like watching a hija girl trying to
play Lear I don't even know if that
means the direction was stayed the sets
ramshackle the costumes unremarkable
hardly worth the free admission but we
tried hard try telling that to the
spirits of Epson and Brecht because
you've just trampled all over them all
of you space he's harsh but he has
impeccable taste I never see a kids play
unless he recommends it how dare you sir
does the fourth wall mean nothing to you
amateur you reviewed my performances
Templeton and Charlotte's Web when I was
eight said I was quote pedestrian fit
only for cleaning the stage not for
treading upon it turns out he was right
this is where I keep some of my favorite
reviews
oh here's one Little Orphan Annie as
performed by Jenny Mason h7 really
deserved to be an orphan
given this performance really Rosie I
think not perhaps really shitty would be
more perfect it's my favorite you're a
Good Man Charlie Brown
perhaps deserves the title you're a bad
play charlie frown just whistled there
you mean I mean the only cruelty I see
is you submitting your audience to a
dull trite and utterly unconvincing
performance not for one moment did I
believe you were a tree where was that
emotion on stage you see my point
sometimes it's hard no one likes a
critic but then one sees something like
fuller Elementary's production of The
Very Hungry Caterpillar and then well
it's all worth it
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the production was full of pathos
postmodern wit
devastating ambivalence I truly believed
the caterpillar was very very hungry
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and all was dark I was so moved this is
how audiences must have felt when they
first saw Olivier play Hamlet Bravo boys
and girls Bravo except for you you were
god-awful
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yeah