One of the pleasures of "Saturn Returns" is its skillful interlocking of these memories, tales that are frankly sentimental but ring with a sweet-tempered if rueful realization about the fle…
Consider "Buffalo Gal" more like a gentle reminder of why theatre matters to so many people - even if they have to run off to film and TV to pay the bills.
Fishburne has the theatrical, larger-than-life demeanour of an old-fashioned preacher, including the necessary pizazz to keep an audience's attention for an intermissionless 90 minutes.
"Parlour Song" offers a distinct melody of unrealized dreams, both good and bad, tempered by the reality of everyday life.
"Passing Strange" isn't saying anything revolutionary, and, in the end, our hero realizes there is more to life than art. But the way he learns his lessons could not have been told in a more…
The score, with pungent lyrics by Brian Yorkey, pulses with emotion and the uniformly strong cast, headed by Alice Ripley and Brian d'Arcy James, meets every vocal challenge - and then some.