My Variety Review: New Dance Musical 'A Crossing' In The Berkshires
In “A Crossing,” the new dance musical premiering at Barrington Stagein the Berkshires, a group of desperate immigrants confront hazardous terrains, punishing weather, threatening vigilantes — and their own mixed feelings of hope, loss and doubt — as they seek safety and a better life across the U.S.-Mexican border.
Directed with a graceful naturalism by Joshua Bergasse and co-choreographed with Alberto Lopez with energy, heart and authenticity, it’s a journey whose stories and characters are told entirely in movement and song, both original and traditional, by a 12-member cast of Latinx singers and dancers.
Backed by six musicians, it’s a lilting blend of new songs by Zoe Sarnak mixed with Mexican folk songs, beautifully sung by the charismatic duo of Andres Quintero and Monica Tulia Ramirez, who play the ancestral spirits of the Sun and the Moon overseeing the treacherous trek (and looking stunning in Alejo Vietti’s costumes). Beowulf Boritt has created an abstract, evocative set to define the many perilous locations of story, including cliffs, a raging river and a ….