I got this message recently from Shane S., and I thought I had to share.  Hopefully you will find it as entertaining as we did....

"Jove and Donna:

Thank you for inviting us!  Michelle and I had a wonderful time, and wished we could have stayed later.  All those months of logistics and planning produced an exceptional day....

You may not have had the opportunity to browse the trades to see what they said.  And they had much to say, indeed, on your behalf.  I took the liberty of clipping some highlights.

Enjoy, and congratulations!

"The major dramatic revelation of the current off-off-off-off-Broadway season, 'Episode IV: Or, Donna And Jove's Wedding' is destined for greatness.  The original cast premiered last night to tremendous audience glee.  At once resonant, personal, and charming, this is what it is all about.  Don't miss it!"
-- Ben Brantley, THE NEW YORK TIMES

"A smashing success! To call it the best new musical I've reviewed in this space, 'The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee' included, is to understate the case.  It is, in fact, the best new musical to open in the greater New York vicinity since 'Passion.'  I predict a long and widely-touring run."
-- Terry Teachout, THE WALL STREET JOURNAL

"...Ms. [sic] Honsinger in a supporting turn whose audacity is matched by her iron-willed delivery.  And the reunion, at a crucial moment in the second act, of the original lineup of Sixteen Feet is just the icing on this many-tiered, action-figure-topped wedding cake of an enchanted evening."
-- Bob Mondello, NATIONAL PUBLIC RADIO

"...is the total package. I predict strong opening-weekend numbers: just behind 'The Interpreter' but way, way ahead of 'Sahara.' "
-- Paul Dergarabedian, President and CEO, Exhibitor Relations Co.

"RANDOM FANDOM: ...the H.C. then processed onward to the accompaniment of an arrangement of portions of Williams, 'Throne Room and Finale' (Opus 64), to much applause."
-- David Langford, ANSIBLE

"Deliciously well-catered..."
-- Tom Sietsema, THE WASHINGTON POST

"Excellent photographic coverage by a crack team of well-handled Hasselblads, marred only by some late-arriving lenscapping amateurs..."
-- Stephen H. Burum, AMERICAN CINEMATOGRAPHER

"Suspenseful... A Thrilling Tour De Force!"
-- Tom Clancy

"...reception followed in the Overlook Lodge (Meddel, Rorté and Murasaki, 1989) in a spacious and well-lit space, graced with a soothing vista of misty Adirondackian grandeur.  Both Wright brothers -- Frank and Lloyd -- would have heartily approved."
-- Robert Campbell, ARCHITECTURAL DIGEST

"...New York Region TRACON air-traffic control turned in a flawless performance throughout.  The APG-2200 radar was particularly..."
-- John M. Doyle, AVIATION WEEK AND SPACE TECHNOLOGY

"Two Thumbs Up!"
-- Ebert and Roeper

"...us here at That Other Institute of Technology wish the former Ms. Ebenstein and her groom all the best in their..."
-- The Tech [MIT]

"The cast substitution slip in my program was far too large.  Other than that nagging detail, I was thoroughly captivated by 'Donna And Jove's Wedding.'  It was better than 'CATS!' "
-- Vincent Canby, PLAYBILL.COM

"IS JOVE GRAHAM THE NEXT JAMES BOND?"
-- TheForce.Net

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