A coming of age story (that's what we used to call bullying) of both boys and girls. Tough. Brutal. Honest. Powerful.
Joe Mantello and
Christopher Gattelli bring
Peter Duchan's Book and
Benj Pasek and
Justin Paul's music and lyrics to a brilliant life at Second Stage.
Lindsay Mendez,
Josh Segarra, and
Nick Blaemire and a large supporting cast bring a youthful innocence and believability factor to the characters all the while exercising their acting chops on some very fine material.
A summer treat. Sets and Costumes by David Zinn were as good as they could be - every inch of vertical space was cleverly used given the 4 close walls of the theatre.
Look for this one in years to come on a bigger stage. There's more potential just waiting to be exploited.
