At the Young Centre for the Performing Arts
From Gertrude Stein’s “The World is Round”
Music and book by Mike Ross
Lyrics and book by Sarah Wilson
Directed by Gregory Prest
Choreography by Monica Dottor
Set, lighting and projections designed by Lorenzo Savoini
Costumes by Alexandra Lord
Sound by Kaitlyn MacKinnon
Cast: Troy Adams
Michelle Bouey
Alana Bridgewater
Frank Cox-O’Connell
Oliver Dennis
Raquel Duffy
Jonathan Ellul
Peter Fernandes
Hailey Gillis
Scott Hunter
Raha Javanfar
John Millard
Sabryn Rock
James Smith
Adam Warner
Gertrude Stein’s small existential story of big ideas of nine-year-old Rose is given the big, bloated musical treatment by smothering it with too many extraneous songs, over-fussy direction and a desperation to make us like it.
Haley Gillis as Rose shines with a true honesty to find out who she is. Gillis’ scenes with Peter Fernandes as Willie are divine because these two are so human.
Full review soon