Directed with clarity and an open heart by Lindsey Larson, the tale of a central Kentucky cave explorer whose entrapment became big news in the mid-1920s soars musically under the expert and loving hand of musical director Mark Rabe, and the downbeat nature of the story is lightened somewhat in Guettel and Landau's adaptation.
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 03:37PM on November 13, 2013