A Wrinkle In Time Reviews

Washington Post- Somewhat Recommended

"...The world premiere adaptation of the author's peculiar sci-fi classic requires significant suspension of the prefrontal cortex, which is by no means a knock on its daring approach. (More than one audience member joked after a recent performance about how it would pair with an edible.) The boldly imaginative production from director Lee Sunday Evans features several awesome moments like nothing you've seen before onstage - uncanny, ethereal and totally gaga."

DC Theater Arts- Recommended

"...A Wrinkle in Time is quite long (cuts might be in order) and, above all, a narrator or synopsis would make it easier to follow what is happening, especially for those new to the material."

MetroWeekly- Recommended

"...In the time-honored tradition of sci-fi fantasy about kids being whisked away to fantastical realms, Madeleine L'Engle's A Wrinkle in Time starts with the kid in question feeling pretty miserable here on Earth. Thrilling adventure awaits, and happier days may lie ahead for the book's young heroine, Meg Murry, but she'll have to traverse much darkness to reach the light."

Talkin Broadway- Highly Recommended

"...The musical adaptation of A Wrinkle in Time in its world premiere in the Kreeger Theater at Washington's Arena Stage is the best kind of spectacle. Creators Lauren Yee (book) and Heather Christian (music and lyrics) have brought deep heart and understanding to their adaptation of Madeleine L'Engle's famous young adult novel, supported by a richly detailed production, skilled directed by Lee Sunday Evans, and a talented cast. Even at a few points when the science-fantasy plot becomes convoluted or confusing, it never drags."

Washington City Paper- Somewhat Recommended

"...The kindest thing you can say about this awkwardly paced, lyrically overgrown, ultimately exhausting enterprise is that its heart is in the right place. It really is trying to communicate L'Engle's broad but undeniable homilies-conformity is for chumps; love is love; be good to your family, your friends, and to strangers; don't stop believin'-in the form of a musical cosmic odyssey that leads with wonder rather than pedantry."

Stage and Cinema- Recommended

"...Round about a lifetime ago, in the shadow of the Iron Curtain and the Cold War, Madeleine L'Engle wrote a fable for precocious children that she was pretty sure no one would want to publish. She was right. But before long, the novel that no one wanted to champion became a book everyone wanted to read: A Wrinkle in Time, a landmark in the lives of millions of young readers ever since, and a book that has influenced young-adult literature and speculative fiction like practically no other."

MD Theatre Guide- Recommended

"...The narrative flow of the production is uneven, with some elements of the journey stretched through redundant vignettes and others summed up much too rapidly. "A Wrinkle in Time" does not require its mega-musical run time, and would be far more successful if some of these longer scenes were condensed and others given more room to breathe. A two-hour version of this daring new musical could become a true crowd-pleaser for young and adult audiences alike."

BroadwayWorld- Recommended

"...Madeline L'Engle's beloved novel, A Wrinkle in Time, has captured readers' imaginations since its publication in 1962. The story follows Meg Murray, an awkward teenager struggling to find her place, Charles Wallace, her incredibly bright and astute younger brother, and Calvin O'Keefe, the popular new boy who befriends them. When Meg and Charles Wallace's father, a physicist, disappears while researching ways to travel through time and space, the children are visited by three celestial beings - Mrs. Whatsit, Mrs. Who, and Mrs. Which - who task them with traveling across the universe to rescue Dr. Murray from the darkness that threatens them all."