Daisy Journal: The Reviews Are In -- Not Really

"Brilliant!" "Wonderful!" "Amazing!" "Phenominal!"

These are just a few of the adjectives that theater-goers are using to describe our production of Driving Miss Daisy, which opened at the Kelsey Theatre this past weekend. Unfortunately, this is not what the critics had to say. In fact, it's looking more and more like the critics will have nothing to say at all -- good or bad. We're hearing word that the Trenton Times is no longer publishing reviews of local theatre productions. Long-time local reviewer, Anita Donovan, informed Kitty Getlik of the Kelsey Theatre that she won't be reviewing Driving Miss Daisy for that reason. (That's criminal on the part of the Times. She's a good reviewer, tough but fair.) Meanwhile, Stu Duncan reserved a ticket to the show, but no one saw him at any of the performances. We're hoping he just slipped in and out unnoticed and that a review is forthcoming, but we're not sure.

We've work on this show for months, 15-20 people spent hundreds of hours putting it all together, and many people have lost countless hours of sleep to bring an important Pulitzer Prize-winning story of love, friendship, prejudice and hope to the stage. And now the production team has to hold its collective breath while it waits to see if even one reviewer bothered to show up. Come on Stu, we need you to come through for us. We were the tree that fell in the forrest, please tell us you were there to hear something.