It’s hard to know what to say about this overloud, overactive, often difficult to understand version of the old Peter Pan story, playing through August 4 at San Diego Civic Theatre.
This new adaptation by playwright Larissa FastHorse is directed by Emmy Award winner Lonny Price and features choreography by Lorin Latarro.
You know the story: Peter Pan – that kid who can fly – visits the otherwise normal Darling household one night, sprinkles a little fairy dust and takes the kids away on a magical mystery tour they won’t forget.
You won’t either, because it’s constant motion the whole time, accompanied by lots of seriously impressive dancing and songs which are somewhat less so – often too loud and difficult to understand. It left me wondering whether anybody checked the sound levels before they opened the show to the public.
But I’ll give it to Nolan Almeida’s Peter Pan, with a wonderful voice and persuasive manner – and the ability to fly and take kids to Neverland, and who doesn’t want to go there, especially with that cool crocodile (Christina Hélène Braa, who also plays a pirate, an Olmec and Jane).
Bravo to the sets (Anna Louizos), costumes (Sarafina Bush), lighting (Amith Chandrashaker) and production designs (David Bengali).
Ah, to be a kid again. But here’s your chance, even though it’s too long and too repetitive. But isn’t life like that too sometimes?
The details
“Peter Pan” plays through Sunday, Aug. 4 at San Diego Civic Theatre, 1100 Third Street at B in downtown San Diego.
Get tickets here: broadwaysd.com/upcoming-events/peter-pan/
Shows Thursday, Friday and Saturday at 7:30 p.m and Sunday at 6:30 p.m. Matinees Saturday at 2 p.m. and Sunday at 1 p.m.
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