BWW Interview: Molly Smith of CATCH ME IF YOU CAN at Arena Stage
by Benjamin Tomchik
- Mar 14, 2022
Catch Me If You Can is not Molly Smith’s first musical with a con artist at the heart of it. In 2012, she directed a hit production of The Music Man, whose main character, Professor Harold Hill, could give Abagnale a run for his money. What is it about these men who have the ability to make us see what we want, and to command the stage while doing so, that lends itself to the theater?