Overview
- The touring production opens at the Hollywood Pantages after a Broadway run that won Tony Awards for book and score.
- Director Leigh Silverman helms an all-female cast, with sliding period sets by Christine Peters (after Riccardo Hernández) and costumes by Paul Tazewell.
- Critics highlight Maya Keleher’s Alice Paul and Marya Grandy’s Carrie Chapman Catt, with Amanda K. Lopez and Danyel Fulton also noted for strong turns.
- The show frames strategic divides and racial tensions within the suffrage movement through figures including Ida B. Wells and Inez Milholland.
- Shaina Taub’s score is praised as energetic and accessible, while reviewers note some clunky lyrics and describe the piece as instructive and uplifting.