Sycamore Trees
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CURRENTLY CLOSED
Opened May 18, 2010
Closed Jun 13, 2010
Opened May 18, 2010
Closed Jun 13, 2010
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WHAT IS IT ABOUT?
Composer Ricky Ian Gordon is the second recipient of the American Musical Voices Project Award to present a new work of musical theater on Signature's stage. Sycamore Trees is the moving story of his family's struggles and their reliance on each other through good and bad.
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Both the promise and the perils of writing about one's own family are on full display in Signature Theatre's world premiere production of
Sycamore Trees, Ricky Ian Gordon's musical about growing up in post-World War II America.
Gordon's score is a pleasant mélange of styles, but his autobiographical book (written with assistance from Nina Mankin) seems more like sociology than storytelling. Still, a stellar cast and brisk, straightforward direction from Gordon's longtime collaborator, Tina Landau, help turn Sycamore Trees into an enjoyable summer diversion.
The time sweep is epic, stretching from World War II to the 1990's. The storytelling is cramped, however, as Gordon merely[...]