Mystic Pizza Touring Reviews

While the songs sometimes interrupt the story more than drive it forward, all is forgiven when Huey Lewis & the News’ “The Power of Love” illuminates three linchpin scenes in each relationship, Becerra delivers a tender version of Gibson’s �...

While the songs sometimes interrupt the story more than drive it forward, all is forgiven when Huey Lewis & the News’ “The Power of Love” illuminates three linchpin scenes in each relationship, Becerra delivers a tender version of Gibson’s “Lost in Your Eyes,” or Lezotte roars through Melissa Etheridge’s “I’m the Only One” and gently caresses Lauper’s “True Colors.”

Ahead of the curtain, I rewatched the original 1988 film and found myself turning to my husband to ask the obvious question: who exactly decided this coming-of-age movie needed to become a pop musical? Yet in the capable hands of book writer Sandy Ru...

Ahead of the curtain, I rewatched the original 1988 film and found myself turning to my husband to ask the obvious question: who exactly decided this coming-of-age movie needed to become a pop musical? Yet in the capable hands of book writer Sandy Rustin, it works. The heart of the original remains intact, and the sisterhood between these three waitresses continues to resonate with warmth and emotion.

The show is staged by Werner with great fluidity, moving adroitly from scene to scene, the settings established by the use of projections and smaller scenic elements rolled on and off without drawing attention to the changes. The set was designed by ...

The show is staged by Werner with great fluidity, moving adroitly from scene to scene, the settings established by the use of projections and smaller scenic elements rolled on and off without drawing attention to the changes. The set was designed by Joshua Warner, with no separate credit indicated for projection designs. Effective, character-appropriate costumes were designed by Jen Caprio. Matt Kraus designed sound for the production–the music comes across well, rocking the house as intended. Early on, spoken language was overamplified at the performance I attended, making it difficult to make out the dialog, but that seemed to be brought under control before too long.