“NJ Agwuna’s lively direction fit neatly into Peter J. Davison’s festival unit set—a copse of tree trunks at stage right, an array of colored lightbulbs above—and Christelle Matou’s handsome, sculptural costumes made a clear visual statement. Daylight for all the shows meant that lighting was limited to occasional flashing effects.”
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“Christelle Matou’s costumes are especially effective in delineating the class distinctions between the forest-dwellers and the nobility. And she smartly outfits Moore in a white empire-waist dress that not only makes her look like a Neo-Realist film star but communicates Leonora’s purity.”
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“Equally comfortable in English and French, [Isabelle Leonard] she’s Helen Morgan one moment, before morphing into Edith Piaf, plus a dash of Jennie Tourel. Appealingly costumed (by Christelle Matou) in a flapperish purple halter dress, she excels in executing period-authentic dance routines.”
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