KC Rep "Peer Gynt" review by Robert Trussell

The Kansas City Repertory Theatre production of “Peer Gynt,” which closes the company’s 2010-2011 season, invites a series of laudatory adjectives: ambitious, kaleidoscopic, meticulous, smart, bold, imaginative and at times very, very funny.

But at the same time, director David Schweizer’s mash-up of Henrik Ibsen’s 1867 verse epic is oblique, dense, pretentious and hard to follow. Perusing the Ibsen original before taking in the show might help, but that’s a rather daunting homework assignment for people seeking an entertaining night at the theater.

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