Review: Marvelous Things by Lindsey Greer Sykes

by Michael Meigs
Published on October 21, 2011

This work is a trope on her character's reluctance to deal with the world presented to her. There's an adroit turn for the final scene involving Raven Fox as her child, the newest initiate in our amazing, troubling, marvelous world.

While watching Lindsey Greer Sikes' Marvelous Things at the Blue Theatre last week, I was struck by the feeling that rather than see this gentle fantasy, I'd really prefer to be in it.  That's not unusual for those who haunt the dusty glitter of Austin stages; we've had a connection to theatre art at some time in the past so immediate and powerful that we've become performance junkies.   Rachel Wiese in the principal role of "Girl" and the rest …

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