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TAKE A TUSCAN TRIP WITH 'ENCHANTED APRIL'.(U)(Review)

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From: Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
Date: 20040430
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Byline: Evan Henerson Theater Critic

BELLA ITALIA. Hard to resist, isn't it? Diane Lane couldn't in ``Under the Tuscan Sun.'' The quartet of women in Elizabeth von Arnim's ``Enchanted April'' can't either. Not that they try.

Michael Wilson's spring bouquet of a production for the Pasadena Playhouse essentially re-creates - with a different cast - his Tony-nominated work on Broadway. ``Enchanted April,'' adapted from von Arnim's novel by L.A. playwright Matthew Barber, is lush and sumptuous, the kind of stage experience you drink in and sigh contentedly over. Travel ...

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