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David Shengold (review date March 2000)

SOURCE: Shengold, David. Review of The Festival of Regrets, by Wendy Wasserstein. Theatre Journal 52, no. 1 (March 2000): 126-28.

[In the following review, Shengold comments on the humor of The Festival of Regrets—which was first performed as part of a production of three one-act operas titled Central Park—noting the comic effect of the interplay between the libretto and the musical score.]

Since moving to the intimate, comfortable, and technically outstanding Alice Busch Theatre in 1987, Glimmerglass Opera has maintained an increasingly high musical standard while offering some of the most theatrically innovative and satisfying opera productions in the country. Festival rehearsal conditions and the presence of a strong Young American Artists program predispose Glimmerglass to adventuresome programming in both baroque and contemporary directions. The 1999 festival centered...

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1. Introduction
2. Principal Works
3. Criticism
   1. Wendy Wasserstein and Esther Cohen (interview date August 1987)
   2. Gerald Weales (review date 5 May 1989)
   3. Joanne Kirschner (review date 1990)
   4. Kate Davy (review date March 1990)
   5. Helene Keyssar (essay date March 1991)
   6. Wendy Wasserstein and The Playwright's Art (interview date 9 October 1991)
   7. Alex Raksin (review date 30 May 1993)
   8. Sheridan Morley (review date 20 August 1994)
   9. Stefan Kanfer (review date 7 November 1994)
   10. Richard Donahue (essay date 22 April 1996)
   11. Ilene Cooper (review date 1 June 1996)
   12. Stefan Kanfer (review date 7 April 1997)
   13. Claudia Barnett (review date December 1997)
   14. Stephen J. Whitfield (essay date 1997)
   15. Jan Balakian (essay date 1999)
   16. David Shengold (review date March 2000)
   17. Publishers Weekly (review date 23 April 2001)
   18. Miriam M. Chirico (essay date 2001)
4. Further Reading
5. Copyright