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Adverbs
Adverbs emotional core shows in staging
- Rob Hurwitt, SF Chronicle Monday, February 27, 2006
"“UNFORGETTABLE...brilliantly etched... shimmering and ineffably
touching. Word for Word embodies and enhances the familiarity and
the whimsicality in four of the book’s stories. The result,
a very entertaining 4 Adverbs, is unquestionably successful
in bringing to life the humor ... in the book and promoting curiosity
about the other stories, to judge by the enthusiasm of the packed
house on opening night. There couldn’t be a better company
to undertake such a project than Word for Word. Word veteran Sheila
Balter stages the four stories with the company’s usual inventive
flair, investing narrative passages and odd turns of phrase with
layers of visual or performance wit that underline and enhance Handler’s
verbal humor."
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Word for Word brings Handler's Adverbs brilliantly
to life - Chad Jones, Oakland Tribune Tuesday, February
28, 2006
"THRILLING, brilliant, dynamic...there’s so much life, invention,
and poignancy...Word for Word is undoubtedly the best friend a story
ever had. If you ever plan on getting a novel or short story collection
published, I recommend that you do what Daniel Handler did and let
the extraordinary theater company Word for Word put some of your
writing onstage. Throughout the evening, under Balter’s dynamic
supervision, the stage is alive with crisp performances and fluid
staging."
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Four
Adverbs irresistible onstage - Pat Craig, Contra Costa
Times Monday February 27, 2006
“IRRESISTIBLE...pure gold...a piece of onstage alchemy that
has you feeling proud of your wise decision to be in the audience.
The wonderfully strong cast is able to take all of that and turn
out the pure gold this play becomes in so many ways. What really
makes the show work is the well-crafted ensemble performances. They
work like a precision piece of complex machinery to give the show
a charmingly offbeat theatricality, while still letting the humanity
of the story spill through.”
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Inspired
direction, excellent ensemble - Robert Avila, San Francisco
Bay Guardian Thursday March 2, 2006
"Love's operative adverbs look like "arguably, particularly,
naturally," and "wrongly" in four selected chapters
of writer Daniel Handler's forthcoming novel (Adverbs), now being
presented in full, living-breathing color by page-to-stage masters
Word for Word. True to Word for Word's verbatim style, not just
adverbs but every passing pronoun and article in these comical,
whimsical stories find their way onto the stage, beside starring
nouns like magpie, cookie, volcano, and the unforgettable triplets,
money, money, money. Handler's inventive if slightly cartoony material
makes an engaging pop-up book, as Sheila Balter's inspired direction
makes deft use of her excellent ensemble."
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Words
of Love - Sunday Datebook feature article - Sam Hurwitt,
SF Chronicle Sunday February 19, 2006
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