Nostalgia-laden, pop-fueled, and dazzling with projection-screen magic, The Rev’s season opener, “Catch Me If You Can,” is eye and ear candy, ideal for an audience hungry to escape Covid Year Three. The Tony-nominated musical at the Merry-Go-Round Playhouse at Emerson Park in Auburn is well worth a drive out, even with higher gas prices; though you may not weigh less on the ride home (reducing your fuel consumption), you’ll feel that much lighter thanks to this high-energy production with a stellar ensemble and nearly-flawless principal actors.
Based on an autobiography by Frank Abagnale, Jr., the story first garnered attention as a 2002 DreamWorks-produced, Steven Spielberg-directed film with a superstar cast: Leonardo DiCaprio, Tom Hanks, Christopher Walken, Amy Adams, Martin Sheen, and Jennifer Garner.
