I Wanna F*ck Like Romeo and Juliet
Written by Andrew Rincon
Directed by Jesse Joe
Jamie Lloyd Company at
A New Light Theatre Project
59E59 Theatre
October 22, 2022
Production website
💉💉 out of 5.
Okay the “F” word, especially spelled out in asterisks, caught my attention and even encouraged me to buy tickets just to see something “bad” – because sometimes a show can be so bad that it is irresistible – granted sometimes you are doing more laughing “at it” rather than “with it”. And the show did start off quite badly. It was way too campy and played way too “bigly” for the very small theatre. Cliches of Cupid and St. Valentine were neither believable or funny.
But as soon as the show slowed down a bit
KPOP
Book by Jason Kim
Music and Lyrics by Helen Park and Max Vernon
Choreography by Jennifer Weber
Directed by Teddy Bergman
Circle in the Square Theatre
October 21, 2022
Production website
💉💉💉 out of 5.
I really did like this musical. You really had to appreciate all of the earnest commitment from everyone on stage. It did feel a bit that they were a bit nervous about their audience- – doubting a long run for this show – and were going to give it their all until the doors are closed. KPOP is truly a wonderful, fun, sexy dance style that energizes the audience like few other dance styles. The show had some incredible dance sets. I wished, in fact, that they had just stuck to the dances and not tried so hard to make it a piece of musical theatre with a “book” behind it.
the guy who sees everything
