Travis Michael Holder – TicketHoldersLA
This is a brave and decidedly rule-breaking work that, thanks to the stark vision of director Daniel Aukin, often reminded me of being smackdab in the middle of a living Ingrid Bergman movie. His purposefully non-kinetic staging and performance style, that between the floor-shaking music and the heated arguments and the delving into the bandmembers’ messy relationships, featured long periods of dead silence and actors left onstage like unmoved pawns on a chessboard staring blankly out into the fourth wall or at one another. Read more…
F. Kathleen Foley – Stage Raw
Emotions run high and drugs are rampant. But the show’s overriding question, namely, “What price fame?” is so familiar as to be generic, while the characters’ passionately scattered interactions put one in mind of a late-night party where everyone — except oneself —is stoned. That was the challenge to connecting with Stereophonic, which despite flashes of brilliance and innovation, overstays its welcome and devolves into trope. Read more…
Harker Jones – BroadwayWorld
The actors are phenomenal musicians, playing the instruments themselves, and are extraordinary vocalists, with Claire DeJean being particularly jaw dropping. Read more…