Our Dear Dead Drug Lord

Saw the play last night. Near 90 minutes straight through.

The 4 leads are incredible. They suck you right into their world within minutes of being onstage and don't let go until the end.

There is a lot going on and to pull out of this show. Life as a teenage girl, politics, entitlement, spirits, and a host of other things. It is very funny until things turn dark. At that point it sucked me in even more.

I met the playwright after the show and in turning the show around in my head forgot to ask her about the ending. It is one of those that you can't give away but a friend was there and we got two different things out of it.

From the performances to the set and lighting design, this is well worth seeing in my opinion. Has anyone here seen it?

Really glad it extended.

inception, I don't know how often you are in the city. But if you are back in a few months, see Drug Lord and then Jagged Little Pill when you return.

jbm2 said: "I know it’s about teenage girls.... is it appropriate for a teenage girl to see?"



It is a bit intense. I didn't see any teens in the audience. It takes place right at the end of Bush's term and when Obama is elected. I think teen girls will relate to a lot of it but it gets really dark. Like, shockingly dark.

a 13 year old maybe not, an 19 year old yes..really depends on the maturity of the kid. Doubt they'd enjoy it that much as a teen.

little_sally said: "I really liked this too. Happy to see it extended into January."



The four actresses are insanely talented. And those scenes when they were talking over each other were done so well.

AntV said: "It's rare to see a non-profit limited run get such a large extension.

What is this even about? Are the disturbing scenes really disturbing or not bad?"

Beyond disturbing.

whatever, this is a roaring success by off Broadway standards.

I saw this last week and was sitting right behind Sondheim and James Lapine!!

This show is a rollercoaster but ultimately so so so satisfying. Each of the girls is truly delivering such a fantastic performance and watching them each grow and develop over the course of the play is so fun. I loved the set, costumes, lights- everything feels perfectly in sync. I got my ticket since I've been a growing fan of Whitney White's work for a little while now, and this direction again here is spot on.

I totally get that people are going to respond in big and different ways to the ending- but watching these characters navigate the trials of girlhood is so engaging, and by the end I really felt like I understood why they arrived where they did.

I'm definitely in the camp of GO see this if you're able!

NYfanfromCA said: "Here is the original thread on this show in case anyone is interested:

https://forum.broadwayworld.com/readmessage.php?thread=1119050#"

I did a few searches for a thread and couldn't find one before I started this one. I now see why one didn't immediately show. The other thread has Druglord as one word. It may have come up a number of pages in but I didn't search through all of them I don't think.

NYfanfromCA said: "uncageg said: "NYfanfromCA said: "Here is the original thread on this show in case anyone is interested:

https://forum.broadwayworld.com/readmessage.php?thread=1119050#"

I did a few searches for a thread and couldn't find one before I started this one. I now see why one didn't immediately show. The other thread has Druglord as one word. It may have come up a number of pages in but I didn't search through all of them I don't think.

"

Nice catch. I edited the original thread so the title is correct now.

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Would be nice to have a thread merge function!

Bwaydreamer, I thought it was pretty clear what the playwright was going for. I just thought the ending was a bit too preachy. All of the boxes they were checking off, to me, were all of the things teenage girls go through plus dealing with those things at that particular time.

It is now up on TDF. 7 dates up as of this evening at 8:00.

Updated On: 10/25/19 at 07:54 PM

I previously commented on another thread (or maybe started a thread?) about scary shows...well, this certainly can fall under that label! Even though it wasn't jump out of your skin scary, it was creepy and had me holding my breath. I thought the ending was very interesting and definitely made me think in a way that a production hasn't made me think since I saw Oklahoma! at St. Ann's. Very very well done. Also: I was a little distracted because one actor reminded me of Alison Luff and I thought I recognized the other from We Are The Tigers but I was wrong.