LaChiusa's LOS OTROS Off-Broadway

Hoping for some early reports with performances starting later this week.  The promo for the show is pretty vague.

This production appears to be based on the significantly revised version that premiered in Baltimore a few years ago. I was living in DC at the time and caught a preview performance and found it to be gorgeous and fascinating. Reminded me a bit of Hello Again in how it was structured. For those of us complaining about lack of original musicals and endless adaptations, I l'm glad to see this piece has made it's way to NY and hope to get there. 

I saw it this week. It had some good moments but was generally forgettable. The show itself is poorly constructed, IMO - it takes way too long for the two characters to interact directly with one another, and then rushes the ending. Samayoa and Mason do their best with the material they were given.

Masks were required but I was not asked to show proof of vaccination.

I thought this was interminably boring, and relentless bland. The two actors do their best with lackluster direction, but still I have a feeling that Carolee Carmelo and Javier Muñoz might’ve been more interesting. 

The review in the Times was more favorable.

LaChiusa’s forte is melancholy, which is much harder to monetize than big drama or big comedy. In that regard, “Los Otros” is yet another illustration of his singular talent.