Saw it tonight. To me, it felt like Fun Home meets Blackbird, where you get a mix of a serious-ish musical trying to balance storytelling and some comic relief and a play exploring the complexity of certain issues in some depth that would normally be omitted or glossed over in a musical. Before everything, I want to applaud the creative team for undertaking such a challenging experiment project that can be very constructive to the industry if well done. Unfortunately, if is only an if in this case. The songs are not quite as tuneful or central to the story as Fun Home, and sometimes you get the feeling that what the characters sing might be better conveyed if said, whined, yelled, or even read without music. Plot-wise, it is indeed dark and heavy as many posters have mentioned, but the complexity behind the dark themes only goes horizontally. In other words, the show is not as deep or perceptive as plays like Eclipsed or Blackbird that trek through sides of the humanity we find undesirable even despicable yet do the job in a very nuanced and revealing manner that makes themselves, oddly, emotionally and/or intellectually satisfying. I also love the set and direction. Mr. Tommy and Mr.Ramos did a very good job incorporating multiple words in a kind of claustrophobic kitchen/living room/basement set. You really feel the confinement and suffocating reality Luke is suffering from his postdramatic stress disorder and, more importantly, almost everyone else, who doesn't understand him or his best interest in heart. Despite the flaws, I would recommend Kid Victory to those who are interested in doing theater because this one indeed shows a very fuzzy picture of some of the directions future theatrical performances can go.
Updated On: 2/10/17 at 11:02 PM
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