Los Angeles Theater Review: CLOUDLANDS (South Coast Repertory in Costa Mesa)
EXPOSITION, THE MUSICAL SPOILER ALERT in this first paragraph! There are attempts at surprising plot twists in Octavio Solis' and Adam Gwon's new musical drama Cloudlands, but this new piece, commissioned by South Coast Repertory, takes itself so seriously, struggling, grasping for some sort of esoteric significance that it never rises above its soap-operatic plot. [...]