The Lost Boys Breaks the Curse of the Vampire Musical on Broadway
David Hornsby and Chris Hoch have written a muscular yet cheeky book that pays homage to the film, retains choice comedic moments (“Death by stereo!”), and ditches dated material in exchange for themes of family and identity. Indie rock band the Rescues elevates it all with a solid score (music director Ethan Popp co-orchestrates, and Julie McBride conducts the band), while Markus Maurette’s special effects and a flock of flying rock-‘n’-roll vampires (aerial design by Gwyneth Larsen and Billy Mulholland) are primed to wow the most jaded Van Helsing.
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One of them paved a path of his own ascending to artistic godhood by glorifying the mundane; the other painted SAMO (meaning the Same Old Sh*t) criticizing the very idea of repetition. One of them broke down the wall between art and business; for the other, walls didn’t mean a thing. One saw beauty, immortality, […]
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Complex Men and Caricatures of Women Are Caught ‘Between Riverside and Crazy’
Walter “Pops” Washington, as he self-describes in Stephen Adly Guirgis’ Pulitzer-winning play Between Riverside and Crazy, is “a flesh and blood, pee standing up, registered Republican.” He is also a litigious former cop caught within the crossroads of bureaucracy, racism, life as a widower, and a fast-gentrifying Riverside Drive. He also happens to be Black. […]
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