The reviews are rolling in after an April 10 opening night for the world premiere of the new musical Regency Girls at San Diego's The Old Globe. See what critics are saying about the Broadway-aimed work below.
Directed and choreographed by Josh Rhodes, the show is playing the California company's Donald and Darlene Shiley Stage through May 4.
The cast features Isabelle McCalla as Elinor, Krystina Alabado as Dabney, Kate Rockwell as Jane, Ryann Redmond as Petunia, Nik Walker as Stanton, Gabe Gibbs as Dingley/Galloping Dick, Janine LaManna as Lady Catherine/Madame Restell, Sav Souza as Scutter, and Benjamin Howes as Earl of Lenwich.
Ensemble members and understudies include Kyla Stone, Marissa Rosen, Amy Jo Jackson, Ariella Kvashny, Ellis Dawson, David Engel, and Joél Acosta with swings Laura Leo Kelly, Jacob Caltrider, Sophia LaRosh, and dance captain Wesley Carpenter.
Read the reviews below.
San Diego Union Tribune (Pam Kragen)
Stage and Cinema (Michael M. Landman-Karny)
Playbill will continue to update this list as reviews come in.
Featuring a book by Emmy winners Jennifer Crittenden and Gabrielle Allan, music by three-time Emmy nominee Curtis Moore, and lyrics by two-time Tony nominee Amanda Green, Regency Girls follows Elinor Benton, who is in a predicament: She’s pregnant, unmarried, and living in 19th-century England. Facing certain ruin, she gathers up her best friends and sets off on the ultimate road trip to find the one woman who might offer a chance to change her fate.
The production also has orchestrations by Curtis Moore and James Sampliner, music supervision by Sampliner, scenic design by Anna Louizos, costume design by David Israel Reynoso, lighting design by Adam Honoré, sound design by Jason Crystal, music direction by Patrick Sulken, additional arrangements by Dan Lipton, fight direction by Jake Millgard, dialect coaching by Nathan Crocker, casting by Paul Hardt of Hardt Casting, and production stage management by Anjee Nero.
Regency Girls is produced by special arrangement with Aged in Wood Productions and HudsonMann.
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