I’m sorry I misunderstood Ahman’s original note. I thought he was getting tripped up on the Yiddish, not on the overall tone and style of the article.

I have to disagree with K’s initial thoughts that a positive review only happens when there is a bias between reviewer and the cast/crew of a show. Looking back at the reviews that we have been published of CRT’s shows, they seem fairly balanced, as does this one. As far as I can tell, the only time we’ve published a review with a potential conflict was my review of CRT’s The Miracle Worker when Laura was the assistant stage manager. None of our writers could make that show, and since I was going to see it anyways, I posted a review. Maybe I shouldn’t have done that. We do take reviewer neutrality as a big deal in the articles we publish.

I have been behind the scene in most of Castaways productions for the past 3 years. During that time I have not seen what I consider a positive review from this source – unless one of the reviewers (or someone in their immediate circle) is a part of the production.

I look at these as one person’s opinion – nothing more – certainly not an authority on the subject. I prefer to let our audiences opinion be my judge and so far they seem to love it even with all the so called flaws mentioned above.
To me, that is all that matters. People came and had an enjoyable experience and seem to understand when all is said and done, this is a group of VOLUNTEERS who came together with one common purpose and they give it their all and hopefully had a little fun in the process.

I commend everyone who gives of their time and their selves in such a positive expression. I say take what you can from this review (if anything) and let the rest go.

P.S. I do appreciate the reviewer spelling my name correctly.

Thank you
“K” Goins-Williams

It seems to be more of an examination of the show “Fiddler on the Roof” far more than it is a review of Castaway’s production. Each character review basically says “this person was good” and then gives an extensive examination of the character as opposed to the actor.

The final paragraph finally says what the reviewer really thinks of the show, but you have to wade through a whole lot in order to get to it.