Andrew Rubenoff

PATIENCE & SARAH—at least in the production of this chamber opera seen this past week at the Players Theatre in Greenwich Village, as part of the New York Opera Fest and 18 years after its premiere at Lincoln Center Festival—is a beautiful but somewhat lopsided affair. While it tells of the love shared by the women of the title, despite the objections and confusion of their families—Patience is educated, wealthy and a painter, Sarah's a poor, illiterate farmer--it seems really to be the story of Sarah.

The New York Musical Theatre Festival production of Wild Women of Planet Wongo will open tonight, September 13th, and run through the 25th

The new musical The Wild Women of Planet Wongo will run off-Broadway from September 13th to 25th