Archives for January 2010

We’ve just added two more performances of the hottest show in Central Ohio:
January 29 + 30 @8pm.

Last weekend we sold out 2 performances, This weekend’s shows are getting dangerously close.

Don’t wait. RESERVE YOUR TICKETS NOW.

I can’t think of another new work staged in Columbus in my 24-plus years as a Dispatch critic that has displayed so much promise or polish.

Read the entire incredible Dispatch review from Michael Grossberg right here.

If you saw the Columbus Dispatch Weekender today, you probably noticed Michael Grossberg’s coverage of P&P. You can find his article online right here.

Not to be outdone, Dwayne Steward of Metromix has already published an interview with director Eleni Papaleonardos and a rave review of the show.

And it is a truth universally acknowledged that we’re always thrilled when Jay Weitz writes about AVLT in the Columbus Alive.

We’ll keep updating this slide-show as more pictures appear.

Over at Goodreads, on the discussion boards, we’ve got a nice thread going about the on-going popularity of the novel, and Darcy’s legendary status in particular. There have a been a large number of really insightful, helpful comments, here are just a few.

From Margaret:

Darcy is not perfect, as we hope no one ever will be, as they would then be a very boring person. Darcy is a rich snob; but at heart he has a kind heart, honesty and sterling principles. There is no more powerful scene in English literature than when Elizabeth confronts Darcy with the result of his snobishness.

From J:

We see the most demonstrable growth in Darcy’s character – Elizabeth has a change of heart, but her behavior is pretty much the same; Darcy, on the other hand, exhibits a definitive change in his conduct, an emergence of a chivalry that had been part of his early training, had been overshadowed by pride, but ultimately loses out to his love for Elizabeth, and his own natural gallantry.

From Sarah:

Women love P&P because it’s our gender’s favorite fantasy: a man is humbled by a witty woman and they fall in love and live happily ever after. This man “rescues” her and gives her a life fit for a princess. A Jane Austen novel is a world that seems like it could have been a real place in history, so much so that the reader doesn’t feel guilty for wishing he/she was one of the leads.

More to come.