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Mild, anti-war rhetoric in 'Arms and the Man': Actors' Summit Theater delivers capable cast but George Bernard Shaw's play hasn't aged well.

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From: Akron Beacon Journal (Akron, OH)
Date: 20061106
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Byline: Elaine Guregian

Nov. 6--One generation's social satire is another generation's warm milk. The problem with George Bernard Shaw's Arms and the Man is that its targets are so predictable. A new production at Actors' Summit Theater in Hudson opened Friday night with a solid cast that brings well-oiled professionalism and spirit, if not any surprises, to the story. Shaw's 1898 comedy was years ago turned into an operetta, The Chocolate Soldier, in which the music by Oscar Straus often surpasses the book. (The operetta is in the repertory of the Ohio Light Opera in ...

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