catch it while you can
Oct. 13th, 2010 01:03 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
rmMajor thumbs up for Above Hell's Kitchen at the NYMF.
I felt it had some structural problems, although what those are vary depending on whether you know Don Giovanni or not, but engaging, funny, great music, great performances, great use of the space, and so fucking New York.
Every character on that stage I've known, been, or fucked and the whole piece was suffused with that sense of desire and dissatisfaction that New York is nearly contractually obligated to instigate in its residents, especially the creative ones.
Not a perfect show by any means, and I thought most of the songs were more adjectives than verbs (songs should mostly be verbs, that is, they should advance the plot), but I felt this one, burst into tears once and was generally really entertained. Of course, among other things, it asked critical questions about my favorite, matters of commerce and how that intersects with love and art.
Anyway, how do I know it was a good show, despite a few grievances? I walked two and a half miles afterwards, because I couldn't sit still to get home by any other mode of transportation at first; I finally caught a cab.
NYMF runs only through this weekend, and tickets are only $20, so I'd start Googling fast if you want to see it.
I felt it had some structural problems, although what those are vary depending on whether you know Don Giovanni or not, but engaging, funny, great music, great performances, great use of the space, and so fucking New York.
Every character on that stage I've known, been, or fucked and the whole piece was suffused with that sense of desire and dissatisfaction that New York is nearly contractually obligated to instigate in its residents, especially the creative ones.
Not a perfect show by any means, and I thought most of the songs were more adjectives than verbs (songs should mostly be verbs, that is, they should advance the plot), but I felt this one, burst into tears once and was generally really entertained. Of course, among other things, it asked critical questions about my favorite, matters of commerce and how that intersects with love and art.
Anyway, how do I know it was a good show, despite a few grievances? I walked two and a half miles afterwards, because I couldn't sit still to get home by any other mode of transportation at first; I finally caught a cab.
NYMF runs only through this weekend, and tickets are only $20, so I'd start Googling fast if you want to see it.
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Date: 2010-10-13 03:08 pm (UTC)