LORD NIL: SEVEN DEADLY SINS Reviews

[1 Minute Critic]

Posted: 7/31/25 at 11:43am

Smell burnt toast? It’s not a stroke, you’re at ‘Lord Nil: Seven Deadly Sins’
If Harry Houdini hasn’t escaped his grave, he may be turning over in it after setting eyes on Lord Nil: Seven Deadly Sins, a new “theatrical escape experience” playing Off-Broadway at Stage 42. Audiences watch Lord Nil conquer his biggest fears, like being chained in a sealed water tank or sawed in half.

In one olfactory display of bravado, Lord Nil’s wrists and ankles are chained before his back-up dancers place him on a spit over an open flame (proven real by some toasted bread, a few slices of bacon, and maybe a pork chop).

Herein lies the dry rub. Lord Nil made it to the quarter-finals of America’s Got Talent, Season 13, and loyal fans eagerly anticipate seeing the escape artist in real life. And while nobody expects a high-brow dramatic interpretation of the Seven Deadly Sins, Marta Lucata (concept and script) and director Alberto Oliva fail to stir up any sense of thematic urgency. Full Review Here
 

"Lord Nil: Seven Deadly Sins" Photo: Jeremy Daniel