"Like many classic romantic triangles, this one has the potential to inspire both comedy and drama. Director David Staller’s current revival for his Gingold Group delivers amply on the former but proves stingy on the latter, stifling the iconoclastic playwright’s examination of gender roles."
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" 'Candida' can be a bit of a slog to sit through, even at only 100 minutes. This production might best have kept its cockney accents intact and trusted this same talented cast to land the jokes on British soil."
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Such subtle reversals are lost in Staller's production, which is staged as a bustling, fast-moving farce. Characters practically gallop in and out, barking their lines and externalizing their characters' emotions to the maximum extent. Such exertion is enervating: I know it's a fall booking, but must they appear to be in training for the New York Marathon?
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"Throughout, the production plays up the comedic aspects of the play to a frothy romp and delivers an evening of joyful theatergoing."
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"For those unfamiliar with the play, the choice that 'Candida' makes at the end may not seem exceedingly bold by today’s standards. But Shaw’s women can still enlighten as well as entertain us, and Staller and his company have done this one justice in both respects."
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"While an audience might not be able to answer all the questions posed in this play, one can look to Shaw’s strong protagonist 'Candida' and be grateful for her insights on love, marriage, and the ever-changing roles of women in the world."
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