Fun Home came to a close this week, after nearly two months of pure bliss in scenic Vermont. The show, which served as the inaugural Equity production in Weston's new performance space, Weston Playhouse at Walker Farm, was a huge hit, and a joy for me to conduct. The houses were full and responsive; the reviews were fantastic, and the entire company - from the actors and musicians to the designers and run crew - got along famously. The show, directed by Malcolm Ewen, proved to be his last while serving as one of Weston's Founding Directors, along Tim Fort and Steve Stettler.
THE BARRE MONTPELIER TIMES ARGUS: Weston's 'Fun Home' Goes Straight to the Heart
"Dan Pardo, the music director, led the excellent five-piece pit band at the rear of the stage."
SEVEN DAYS - VERMONT'S INDEPENDENT VOICE: In This Home
"Transitions into song are elegant, and every word is spoken with the emotional freedom of music. The score by Jeanine Tesori quotes Motown and Chopin but chiefly moves energetically between plaintive and joyous."
THE CHESTER TELEGRAPH: 'Fun Home' is a must-see theater experience; a witty, endearing musical of serious themes
"Director Malcolm Ewen, with excellent assist from Music Director Dan Pardo, brings life and pace to this short chamber piece. They have honed this fine cast into a perfect ensemble that presents us with a vibrant, rhythmic evening of musical pastiche and a courageous story tempered by irony and tenderness."
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