Posted: 3/22/16 at 12:14pm
I was looking for posts discussing Andrew Schneider's Youarenowhere and could not find one. Has anyone seen the show? What did you think? I want to check it out this weekend as part of my trip to NYC.
Posted: 3/22/16 at 1:55pm
Off Off Broadway shows aren't usually discussed here. Also, it's not really an easy show to discuss. (spoilers and the like)
I saw it this past weekend and really enjoyed. It has a 96 rating on Show Score, if you're wondering how it has been received. http://www.show-score.com/shows/youarenowhere
Posted: 3/22/16 at 2:18pm
Hot Pepper Theater has a review up on youtube if that helps.
Posted: 3/22/16 at 4:12pm
I would honestly advise you to just go if you're interested and not look anything up beforehand. It's a really cool experimental piece of theater, but its success is based almost entirely upon the audience's cluelessness, if you will. I saw it last Saturday and really loved it. If you dig experimental pieces you'll probably like it, and if not it's $25 and an hour of your time.
Posted: 3/24/16 at 2:55am
It's beyond the realm of anything I've ever seen before. I can't even begin to wrap my head around its structure. Metaphysics, theory of relativity, space-time continuum, tangent universes etc.. are incredibly complex topics and in one hour, Andrew Schneider represents them visually through a glitchy and chaotic artistic landscape. One review likened it to some kind of TED Talk, another likened it to being in The Matrix. It's all true. I'd call it an experience more than a show. It's been messing with my mind for days. It speaks its own language. It's astounding.
DO NOT READ THE FOLLOWING IF YOU HAVE NOT SEEN THE SHOW. DO NOT SPOIL THIS FOR YOURSELF, PEOPLE.
After seeing the show once, I volunteered to be a doppelgänger audience member on the other side of the curtain. It was really fun watching everything happen backstage, and it brought me so much joy to see the surprise on people's faces when the curtain came down. It's really a magical moment. I do wish I could go back to having no clue about the second audience, though. That's why I'm bringing as many friends as I can so I can live vicariously through their reactions.
It's so excellent, guys. Don't let anything get spoiled for you. Just see it.
