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Published on May 27, 2008 at 2:49pm
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The Gershwins' An American in Paris, The Alley TheatreDirector Gregory Boyd moves the show along as if he were Gene Kelly himself — it glides without effort, weightless. Transitions are so fluid that scenes seem to dissolve into one another. This is Boyd's most vibrant, heartfelt work, but his theater magic dulls when faced with so many of Ludwig's stick characters and stock situations.
The polish, urbanity and jazz of the impeccable Gershwins is stomped into second-rate vaudeville and hoary farce. Leave it to glittering lyricist Ira Gershwin to prophesy so aptly: "Isn't It a Pity."
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