[dropcap]Filled[/dropcap] with odd characters and even more unusual twists on what we think of as reality, Lewis Carroll’s 1865 fantasy “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland” is practically ready-made for the stage.
While there is gold to be mined in a straightforward adaptation — Annapolis Shakespeare Company reaffirmed that over the summer with its premiere of “Alice and the Book of Wonderland” — there is a lot to be said for a concept that takes a, um, curiouser approach and runs with it. That’s the case with the crisp and witty “Lookingglass Alice” now at Baltimore Center Stage. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″]
This is not the same, almost acrobatic version unveiled by Chicago’s Lookingglass Theatre in 2005, adapted by David Catlin. But he signed on to this tweaked version, which includes a significantly reworked script and a more pronounced contemporary vibe.
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