THE LAST BIMBO OF THE APOCALYPSE

[WiCkEDrOcKS]

Posted: 5/6/25 at 9:05pm

Has anyone seen this yet? Reviews on ShowScore are…not great, which is disappointing, but would love to hear more thoughts. 

[DroughtofApathy]

Posted: 5/6/25 at 9:25pm

I saw it over the weekend, and yeah, the reviews are not wrong. It's a travesty. The whole thing is just riddled with that specific brand of gay male misogyny disguised as "yas queen" empowerment. Aside from the music (loud, repetitive, largely forgettable), the book is downright incoherent at the best of times. 

[Age_of_Mendacity]

Posted: 5/7/25 at 1:06am

Saw this tonight as part of my New Group subscription. Whew .... I didn't mind most of the humor but agree the music and much of the casting is kind of lackluster.

 

Most offensive/concerning/distracting is the late-show decision to costume one of the characters in an "Investigate 9/11" t-shirt where the 11 is represented by pink-bejeweled Twin Towers. It definitely works for the character but so would almost any other conspiracy theory reference when the show is playing at a theater where you can see One World Trade Center from the street.

Updated On: 5/7/25 at 01:06 AM

[ErmengardeStopSniveling]

Posted: 5/7/25 at 1:18am

As Orson Welles allegedly said when Peter Bogdanovich told him the title of PAPER MOON: “That title is so good, you shouldn't even make the picture, just release the title!”

Here's a show where the title is waaaay more fun than the musical itself. The show is tonally all over the place but becomes quite boring and more serious as the second half goes on.

Updated On: 5/7/25 at 01:18 AM

[greggregson]

Posted: 5/7/25 at 1:52am

I saw this over the weekend and actually had a great time. It feels like someone’s idea during a party game of “what’s the craziest thing that could be a musical” and then they actually wrote it. I found it to be totally original and pretty funny with just the right amount of pathos. The performances are all strong. Shapiro especially is perfectly cast in the least “showy” role, and grounds the musical with her special mixture of strength/ease/melancholy. 

Refreshing to see a show not use projections especially when much of the plot takes place online.

I hope that the moments of silence between scene and song tighten up before opening. 

overall, I really enjoyed this and have recommended it to certain friends.

[Narudincrz]

Posted: 5/7/25 at 2:16am

This is great!

[raddersons]

Posted: 5/8/25 at 8:30am

This show adds up to a whole lot of nothing. It feels like it’s trying to be satirical but there’s no wink to the audience at all. Also while some of the vocals were stellar, others were… quite bad. Honestly I felt embarrassed for everyone on stage.