Despite its many virtues and ambitious grand-scale staging, strong voices, daring swordplay and rousing music this take on the “Zorro” story needs work. A review from HedyWeissCritic
The script, penned by Stephen Clark and Helen Edmundson , could benefit from some serious tightening. To put it simply, the show — energetically directed by Adrian Abel Azevedo, with music direction by Justin Kono — is just too long.
Diego, who early on captured the heart of Luisa , the young woman in the Pueblo who adores him, and who he must leave behind, becomes entranced by the Spanish gypsy community he encounters in Barcelona, and by Inez , the hot-blooded flamenco dancer who pursues him, and is very different from Luisa. But when Diego returns to Los Angeles , he learns of his father’s imprisonment, and is determined to liberate both him and the citizens of the Pueblo. Disguised by what will become his emblematic black cape and mask, and by the superb swordsmanship he picked up in Spain, Diego assumes the guise of Zorro , and at every possible turn tries to defeat Ramon and his soldiers.
As Ramon, Ramirez captures the spirit of a cold-blooded dictator, Galvez suggests the wisdom and forbearance of a man who has seen it all, and J. Christian Hill deftly suggests the ambivalent sentiments of Garcia, who plays Ramon’s underling.
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