Press Comments on On the March to the Sea
Jim Wise of The News & Observer : "The only set is 10 black chairs and four music stands, and the stage directions are read aloud by an actor. But the 'staged theatrical concert reading' of Gore Vidal's On the March to the Sea is satisfying in measures that whizbang extravaganzas with heavy-metal amplfiication, video-game special effects and back-shop gimmickry can't come close to reaching. In short, it's really good - entertaining, thought-provoking and a textbook case of writer's craft....In the playbill, director Warner Shook writes that here, 'the power of the spoken word is front and center.' In the performance, he shows that's where it belongs."
Scott Ross of Robert's Reviews: "On the March to the Sea abounds with wit, metaphor, keenly human observation -- even poetry. To sit in a theater and let this sort of erudition and FEELING wash over you is to experience one of the great joys available in life."
Susan Farrington of The Sanford Herald: "Casting for On the Marh to the Sea was brilliant. Without being present, it is impossible to grasp the fact that a staged reading with no props could pack such a punch. But it does, with a mighty wallop. [Michael] Learning and [Isabel] Keating give equally vibrant preformances, and [Chris] Noth's sinister portrayal of the disillusioned, mocking Colonel Thayer is absolutely riveting."
