Queen of the Mist
Transport Group Theater Company, NYC Through November 20, 2011
Queen of the Mist is the best musical drama I have seen in decades.
A seasoned critic was once quoted as warning a fresh young reviewer, "You'll run out of adjectives. We all do." Words and phrases such as "superb," "excellent," "skillful," "clever," "sophisticated," "tour-de-force," "role of a lifetime," and "artful" may not be the freshest terms of praise, but they are the ones I would apply to every aspect of this unique musical.
In an operetta-like mode, the story of Anna Edson Taylor unfolds seamlessly from start to finish, in a manner that is authentically enchanting, even mesmerizing. In 1901, Ms. Taylor went over Niagara Falls in a barrel she personally designed and named Queen of the Mist. That the mind of man (in this case, writer/composer Michael John Lachiusa) could use Ms. Taylor's unlikely-to-be-dramatized story as the...
Transport Group Theater Company, NYC Through November 20, 2011
Queen of the Mist is the best musical drama I have seen in decades.
A seasoned critic was once quoted as warning a fresh young reviewer, "You'll run out of adjectives. We all do." Words and phrases such as "superb," "excellent," "skillful," "clever," "sophisticated," "tour-de-force," "role of a lifetime," and "artful" may not be the freshest terms of praise, but they are the ones I would apply to every aspect of this unique musical.
In an operetta-like mode, the story of Anna Edson Taylor unfolds seamlessly from start to finish, in a manner that is authentically enchanting, even mesmerizing. In 1901, Ms. Taylor went over Niagara Falls in a barrel she personally designed and named Queen of the Mist. That the mind of man (in this case, writer/composer Michael John Lachiusa) could use Ms. Taylor's unlikely-to-be-dramatized story as the...
- 11/13/2011
- by Jay Reisberg
- www.culturecatch.com
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