Of Soldiers Past and Future, With Swagger
Ben BrantleyJune 13, 2013: Unfortunately, the creatures that spring from this teeming imagination are, to outsiders, about as lifelike as toy soldiers. Though the cast includes a bevy of attractive and seasoned young performers — including Jennifer Damiano (“Next to Normal,” “Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark”) and Leslie Odom Jr. (late of “Smash") — their skills don’t always mesh with Mr. Sax’s sensibility. Chanting in propulsive rhyme, for instance, comes naturally to very few of them.
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