Battle on the Bayou. (Front and Center: Fairfax, VA).(Perseus Bayou)(Theater Review) (theater review)
American Theatre, April, 2003 by Wren, Celia
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There's an old adage about Southerners," says composer David Maddox. "When you get a group of them together, the conversation always eventually turns to snakes." This being the case, it's not surprising that Maddox and his frequent collaborator Mary Hall Surface, both native Southerners, should eventually have broached the subject of the snake-haired monster Medusa.
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That Greek mythological figure and her nemesis, the hero Perseus, inspired the duo's family-oriented musical Perseus Bayou, an adaptation of the legend that's set in the swamps of post--Civil War ...
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