11/11/2008

Panteón de Fiesta. Reseña de las presentaciones en el International Festival of Toy Theater del Music Center, LA


"The company is hilarious and moving in turns. Benitez is an earthy, energized comic (his delightful cumbia recalls Cantinflas or Tin Tan's streetsmart pachuco). Mauricio Martinez is a howl, the perfect quizzical- faced straight man. Playwright Mercedes Gómez Benet's beautiful contralto voice, her gravitas as she stamps her feet beating out a zapateo, her compositions all give a structure to the piece. Ernesto Anaya, who sings and plays soulful violin and jarana has a mobile face-which drips with comic and dramatic inflection in turns. So much theatre from four flesh and blood players and their paper ensemble."

THE TOY THEATER FESTIVAL: THE SMALLEST SHOW ON EARTH

By Robin Menken

Real Talk LA