Monkey: Journey to the West
Opening Night: July 9, 2013
Closing: July 28, 2013
Theater: Lincoln Center Theater
Visit the enchanting, fantastical world of Monkey: Journey to the West. Equal parts epic music theater and stunning animation, this production by Gorillaz creators Damon Albarn and Jamie Hewlett includes a remarkable cast of Chinese acrobats, singers, mind-bending contortionists, martial artists, and transfixing animated displays, under the inspired direction of Chen Shi-Zheng.
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July 9, 2013
For all its enticing visual flourishes, however, “Monkey” didn’t supply the food for thought or emotional engagement that might make for a truly memorable experience. Perhaps because there wasn’t much to draw me in, I found myself idly pondering the bits of gnomic Buddhist thought that occasional flashed onto the supertitles, only to disappear before their paradoxical ideas could be properly digested.
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