A Walk on the Moon
7 / 10
If the whole thing feels awfully familiar—and the lyrics (and accents!) too on the nose—sometimes you just need a comfort nosh, and that's what director Sheryl Kaller and her company serve. Tal Yarden's scenic and video design and Ricky Lurie's costumes hammer home the cultural divides of the 1960s. Suskauer and Chernin, who played husband and wife in the Parade national tour, have a lovely, lived-in chemistry, but she's also convincingly lustful for Gravitte, who looks great and sings well in an underwritten role; Burns is moving as an astute mother-in-law trying to hold her family together, and Pollono and Williams's coming-of-age courtship has an authentic awkwardness. It may not be out of this world, but A Walk on the Moon is a pleasant trip.
