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'April' enchants at the Fulton

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From: Sunday News Lancaster, PA
Date: 20050501
Author:Laura Knowles, Correspondent

Like a delicate blossom that slowly unfolds to breathtaking beauty, "Enchanted April" is all about transformation. And what a lovely transformation it is!

Under the direction of Michael D. Mitchell, the Fulton stage practically glows with the sheer joy of brilliant acting, engaging personalities and refreshing simplicity in Matthew Barber's "Enchanted April," which is based on the 1922 novel by Elizabeth Von Arnim.

It's not often that a mere set change arouses resounding applause and more than a few oohs and aahs. But when the rain-drenched, dreary post World War I London of Act One is turned ...

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