Anita W. Harris – LA Theatrix
A fusion of remarkable choreography, dance, music and story, Matthew Bourne’s “Romeo + Juliet” offers a charged take on an age-old tale, one that speaks to being human in a cold, oppressive world where love nonetheless finds a way—however fleetingly. Read more…
Travis Michael Holder – TicketHoldersLA
The members of Matthew Bourne’s New Adventures company are uniformly splendid, willing to poke fun at themselves at their leader’s command yet still able to contort and soar into the air with incredible athletic prowess. Everyone on the Ahmanson stage is an individual standout, each infused with Bourne’s well-established sense of humor [played] with a generous full-bodied wink. Read more…