A Walk On The Moon ★★★

‘A Walk on the Moon’ – Second Chances Can Cost

By Alix Cohen Who were you in 1969? Richard Nixon was inaugurated, The Vietnam “conflict” continued at full throttle, Women’s Lib expanded its footing, Woodstock cemented the power of counterculture, Apollo 11 landed on the moon. Of which were you aware? Did you participate? Dr. Fogler’s Bungalow Colony is a summer pilgrimage for Jewish families […]

A Walk on the Moon Musical Review

“A Walk on the Moon” is the disappointing musical adaptation of the 1999 indie movie about the romance between an unhappy bouffant-wearing Jewish housewife named Pearl and a long-haired blouse salesman named Walker, who meet when he shows her his wares at a Borscht Belt bungalow colony in the summer of 1969. That is the summer of both the lunar landing (hence the title of both movie and musical) and the Woodstock music festival, which happens to…

A Walk On The Moon ★★★

A Walk on the Moon is a musical set during the summer of 1969 and, in many ways, it’s ideal for the current season: charming, breezy, and never overly taxing.   That’s likely sufficient for a sizable portion of the theatergoing public, especially those who remember the first moon landing and the legendary Woodstock festival that followed a month later, but more discerning — and gulp, younger — audience members may pine for more plot and emotiona…