Post by Dr Tom on Apr 8, 2023 21:44:40 GMT
I saw this in its second week, thanks to a rush ticket. I presume it's selling well. It was sold out and someone outside was desperately asking people on the way in the hope they might have a spare ticket.
Having not yet seen A Strange Loop, I didn't really know what to expect but this is really a musical of two (long) halves, the first seemingly presenting interlocking fictitious 1980s style soap opera scenes that don't make any sense, the second largely building to a political rant, presumably not relevant to many of the audience who would choose to voluntarily spend their money on this type of musical (ignoring perhaps someone near me who said she had no idea this was going to be a musical). The music is quite reasonable.
I'm glad I saw this, as there are a few of these winding plays about, but it's rare anyone takes the time to add music to them. This could well be one of those musicals that wins loads of awards and is hailed by all as a genius piece, but no one can quite explain why. Or it may not be.
There are lots of references in this I just didn't get. Maybe you just have to be an American of a certain age?
There are plenty of interesting video scenes filmed as well, which you can watch before the start or during the interval.
Having not yet seen A Strange Loop, I didn't really know what to expect but this is really a musical of two (long) halves, the first seemingly presenting interlocking fictitious 1980s style soap opera scenes that don't make any sense, the second largely building to a political rant, presumably not relevant to many of the audience who would choose to voluntarily spend their money on this type of musical (ignoring perhaps someone near me who said she had no idea this was going to be a musical). The music is quite reasonable.
I'm glad I saw this, as there are a few of these winding plays about, but it's rare anyone takes the time to add music to them. This could well be one of those musicals that wins loads of awards and is hailed by all as a genius piece, but no one can quite explain why. Or it may not be.
There are lots of references in this I just didn't get. Maybe you just have to be an American of a certain age?
There are plenty of interesting video scenes filmed as well, which you can watch before the start or during the interval.
