REVIEWS: MainStage’s ‘Women on the Verge;’ NTPA’s ‘Spongebob’
dallasvoice.comThe cast of MainStage’s ‘Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown.’ (Photo by Kris Ikejiri via Facebook) A strange bunch of fabulous Women at Mainstage ILC Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown was such an odd musical and yet completely charming.
The songs aren’t quite your typical showtunes and the story, based on the Pedro Almodovar film of the same name, doesn’t have the highest stakes.
But director BJ Cleveland, music director Kelley Poche Rodriguez and the cast created a quirky glimpse into 1980s Madrid. The show makes a colorful impressions with Wendy Searcy-Woode’s artful Lichtenstein-esque set of panels that reveal element of the story but also works as entrances and platforms that look out toward a distant skyline of buildings.
Primarily centered on Pepa (Molly Robinson), the focus is on the relationships of the titular women often with the same man, Ivan (Daniel Evan Memmott Jr.).
