This small-scale "rock opera" (6 actors and 6 musicians) was a modest hit at Off Broadway's Second Stage Theatre a year ago, and was then successfully reworked in a Washington DC production before returning to have a go at Broadway. It features hard-driving score of more than 30 songs, the best of which are reminiscent of the Tony-winning musicals "Rent" and "Spring Awakening".
NYC critics' reviews were largely consistent, ranging from reverential (the Daily News called it "an exceptional show that says something meaningful and powerful about surviving in a world of problems") to respectful (Bloomberg said it was "superbly cast and staged," but noted that "how you respond will depend a great deal on your tolerance for a musical in which love is fearlessly twisted beyond recognition").
Here's a video from the 2009 Tony Award broadcast:
May be inappropriate for 13 and under. Children under the age of 4 are not permitted in the theatre.
2009 Tony Awards: Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre, Best Orchestrations, Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical (Alice Ripley).
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