Praise for Cupid and Psyche

Barbara Rich

If you're paying attention, you may remember Excellent Adventure Productions from Fringes of yore -- glossy productions of Streakin' and Thrill Me, material that may not have been to your taste (it wasn't to mine) but still came off as glitzy as Fringe shows can be. Now Excellent Adventure is back with Cupid and Psyche, a nifty production that gives this likable material a boost.

Michael Rodgers directed this comical mythological tale -- the old story of a mother who disapproves of the woman her darling son brings home. In this case the son is really darling: He's Cupid, god of love, and Mom is Venus, goddess of beauty. Cupid has fallen in love with Psyche, a mere mortal, and nothing Venus or best bud Mercury can do throws Cupid off his course.

Cupid and Psyche isn't earth-shattering theater, but this is a fun production -- lots of marbleized pillars and such, a mean piano accompaniment by musical-director goddess Luerne Herrera and some nifty costumes (I'm getting some of those sneakers-on-wheels for my own best bud Jay).

What makes this show, though, is a cast with big voices and quirky personalities -- Wesley Farrell Miller and Lisa Erin Goldstein as the young lovers, the hilarious Scott Sadler as Mercury and indomitable Meghan Colleen Moroney as Venus. There may be a stray bad note here and there. But this cast rules. Literally.

Anonymous

Wow. Just wow. What an excellent production, and a terrific cast. It did feel a little long at times; I found myself glancing at the song list to see how far down we were. Lisa's dry deliveries were hilarious; several kept popping into my head minutes later and making me laugh. The cast is wonderful, they are having fun, and so do we. I've recommended this one to all my friends.