P.T. BARNUM STORY NEEDS A MUCH BIGGER BIG TOP.(U)

From: Daily News (Los Angeles, CA) | Date: March 3, 2006 | Copyright information

Byline: Katherine Karlin Correspondent

'BARNUM'' IS a big musical with big numbers about a big man. So how does director Josh Prince adapt it to the little stage at NoHo Arts Center?

Not too well.

In this scaled-down production, bright ladders and streamers suggest a three-ring circus, and the players are in the audiences members' laps (literally, for one unlucky woman).

This can-do spirit would work if ``Barnum'' had a strong narrative, but Mark Br...

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