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Anyone who reads the reviews, articles and blog by Terry Teachout, noted theatre critic for The Wall Street Journal, knows how much he admires the stage work of innovative director David Cromer.  Today, Teachout announced that two productions directed by Cromer have made it to the top of The Wall Street Journal's 2009 list of the country's best theatre.  Kansas City Rep's acclaimed production of The Glass Menagerie shared top honors with his Off-Broadway revival of Our Town, which is now the longest-running production of Our Town in history.                                                                                      

"I wish The Glass Menagerie had transferred to New York and run at least as long," said Teachout, who went on to praise Cromer for his "uncanny ability to take a familiar script and make it seem wholly new-yet it is his great gift to serve the plays that he directs, rather than bending them out of shape. He is already a true master of poetic naturalism, and I expect still greater things from him in the years to come."

In his national review of The Glass Menagerie earlier this year, Teachout called Cromer a "re-creative genius" and wrote "The greatest of all American plays has received a production worthy of its beauty and truth."

Read more about Teachout's selections in his article "The Year in Theater,2009":  http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704869304574595973007231140.html and the full review of The Glass Menagerie is still posted at: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123326754639230587.html

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By KCM Staff