Melissa Arctic at The Road on Magnolia

Melissa Arctic

The Road on Magnolia
10747 Magnolia Blvd. North Hollywood

MELISSA ARCTIC is Craig Wright's re-imagining of The Winter's Tale, where romance and joy are resurrected from grief through the redemptive power of art. Set against the backdrop of small town Minnesotan life, the lives of barber Leonard Mattson (Leontes) his wife Mina (Hermione), and their childhood friend and successful industrialist Paul (Polixenes) are forever changed when jealousy and suspicion arise and a series of coincidences occur. Original music and lyrics by Wright add a unique dimension to this story of tragedy and rebirth.

Thru - Nov 15, 2014

Fridays: 8:00pm

Saturdays: 8:00pm

Sundays: 2:00pm

Price: $25-$34

Show Type: Drama

Box Office: 866-506-1248

Melissa Arctic Reviews

Average Rating based on 5 reviews

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Los Angeles Times - Recommended

"...In place of verse, Wright threads the piece with poetic songs (with Danny Webber on keyboard) that seldom unduly tax a cast of primarily actors rather than singers. The resulting thematic tapestry of rebirth and the restorative power of art satisfies against all narrative probability. Hard to believe, but totally true."

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- Philip Brandes

Broadway World - Somewhat Recommended

"...Melissa Arctic, Craig Wright's re-imagining of Shakespeare's The Winter's Tale, doesn't quite jell, despite many good elements in this two-hour production."

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- Gil Kaan

Stage Scene LA - Recommended

"...Magic is being made at North Hollywood's Road Theatre, and not just the slight-of-hand illusions in Alby Selznick's much-extended Smoke And Mirrors at the Road-on-Lankershim. Magic of the purely theatrical sort lights up the stage of The Road's spiffy new Magnolia space with the West Coast Premiere of Craig Wright's Melissa Arctic, as enchanted (and enchanting) a production as any theater lover could possibly wish for."

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- Steven Stanley

ArtsInLA - Somewhat Recommended

"...There is an overt effort to present this work as a fable, whereby all plot shortcomings are forgiven. It doesn't work. This includes the not really needed surrealistic presence of Time (Alexa Hodzic, alternating with Samantha Salamoff), a child who not only observes all the action, she participates in it as a solo Greek chorus. Also, the mood-enhancing fairy tale–like settings and projections of Desma Murphy and Kaitlyn Pietras, respectively, as well as the lackluster original songs of the playwright, serve only to underscore the play's scenic disconnects."

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- Julio Martinez

NoHoArtsDistrict - Recommended

"...I thoroughly recommend Melissa Arctic, this was the first play I have seen by The Road Theatre Company, and I am determined that it be the first of many!"

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- Samantha Simmonds-Ronceros

Melissa Arctic at The Road on Magnolia

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Melissa Arctic Reviews

Los Angeles Times - Recommended

Broadway World - Somewhat Recommended

Stage Scene LA - Recommended

ArtsInLA - Somewhat Recommended

NoHoArtsDistrict - Recommended

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