Word: musicale
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About a third of the way into “Bright Lights, Big City,” a musical based on the 1984 era-defining novel by Jay McInerney, I had to face a hard truth. This play was not going to make me cool.
Rehearsed in a whirlwind, two-week period, “Bright Lights, Big City” is called “a staged concert” rather than a musical on the program. The cast, which remains onstage throughout the show, makes use of music stands and reads from scripts...
This kind of production style, with its “Pure. Unadulterated. Theater.” aesthetic, can be self-righteous if done poorly, but Birnbaum’s direction is never obtrusive. What’s more, the show’s hard-rockin’ musical score would...
The first song on Arcade Fire’s newest album, “Neon Bible,” is the musical equivalent of the feeling a dog must get right before a storm. Starting off with a noise that only foreshadows the expanding thunder sound that follows, this portentous...
If you like Sofia Coppola’s movies, then you probably have a similar taste for one of her favorite bands, Air. Three years since the release of their masterpiece “Talkie Walkie,” the French duo have returned with “Pocket Symphony?...