Tyler Moran as Oliver, David Garrison as Fagin. (Photo by Billy Bustamante)
It won't be a surprise to anyone who like me has seen a number of productions, including the one presented at the Paper Mill Playhouse in 1994, that it remains as precious and as quaint as ever in this new staging directed by Mark S. Hoebee. But the chin-up, everything is going to come out all right in the end and with a smile on every face is in keeping with Bart's original concept. As have most revivals, with a possible exception of a notably gritty production I saw at the Shaw Festival in 2006, the purpose of Oliver is to entertain rather than embrace the social ills existing in 19th century London during Dickens's days. To read my complete review please go to CurtainUp.com
http://curtainup.com/olivernj13.html
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