Is all the talent in New York being magnetized to the block of 42nd St between 9th and 10th? Between The Old Friends at Signature and Mr. Burns, A Post-Electric Play at PH, which I had the extreme pleasure of seeing tonight, this is apparently the place to be!
Sauja, I really just want to copy and paste what you wrote because you sum up the experience so well.
I loved seeing how storytelling changed throughout the play. How facts and truths evolved over time. How what society wanted and needed from pop culture continued to develop as we journeyed further into the post-electric future. How it's not Cher and cockroaches that will survive a nuclear holocaust but "Toxic!"
I loved the first act and the retelling of "Cape Feare." You can tell from the very beginning that facts are misremembered. Matthew tells that Bart runs to the back of the boat and meets a crocodile, and then runs to the front and encounters piranhas. These are small mistakes and don't obscure the truth of the episode or ruin the punch line that this sets up, but he is wrong. In actuality Bart runs first to the front of the boat and sees the crocodile; the back of the boat comes second, and he sees electric eels, not piranhas. There are no piranhas in the episode. The myths have already started to form though and we see how the seeds are expertly planted by Washburn that will allow the truths to keep morphing.
The acting is top notch and the costumes become a lot of fun.
I'm so glad I saw this and recommend others to check it out.
Marie: Don't be in such a hurry about that pretty little chippy in Frisco.
Tony: Eh, she's a no chip!
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