What I liked
I love this show, so just about everything
What I didn't like
It ended… I wanted to see more and I don’t know whether I’ll be able to see it again before the end of the run!!!
My overall impression
Matt Ritchey and Benjamin Schwartz have teamed up to write a highly successful blend of Noir and Comedy augmented by Burlesque and live music. Schwartz seems able to do justice to whatever genre he wants to write, between his Tarantinoesque “Zip Ties” in 2015 and now “Angel’s Flight”, ‘noir at the bar’ as they call it. With an intricate plot, snappy dialogue, laughs from beginning to end, Director/Writer Ritchey has put up a stylishly Noir production, perfectly cast. From the very first moment I knew I was in for a treat.
Schoen Hodges as Duff in his fedora and trench coat, along with the two seedy cops aptly played by David Garber and Benjamin Schwartz, pull us right into the Sam Spade era. The ladies from Cherry Poppins add the glitz and glamour of the era with stand-out performances by sleek songstress Allison Miller as Jane and dynamic, sparkling Sarah Haworth as Grace. And the rest of the cast shine as well.
Angel’s Flight started right out with some of the best credits ever! … And the costumes…I have to have one of those dresses! With all the plot twists and turns,wonderful singing and dance routines, and intrigue mixed with comedy I was captivated through to the end. What more could one want for an evening’s entertainment? And they had me at “Noir”!
P.S. I want to see it again!
