THEATER
TUESDAY - SUNDAY, MAY 14 - 19, 2019 (continuing through JUNE 16)
7:30 PM TUESDAY - FRIDAY
2:00 PM SATURDAY & SUNDAY
8:00 PM SATURDAY

Dave Malloy: Octet
Romulus Linney Courtyard Theater, The Pershing Square Signature Center
480 West 42nd Street, Hell's Kitchen, Manhattan

$35
https://www.signaturetheatre.org/shows-and-events/Productions/2018-2019/Octet.aspx

I have never seen a music/theater piece by Dave Malloy I didn't love love love.  Whether he's leaning electro-pop (Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812), folkie (Ghost Quartet), Martian rock (Beowulf:  A Thousand Years of Baggage), or classical (Preludes and every Schubertian's dream night, the sublime Three Pianos), his music is fluent, catchy, surprising, and beautifully arranged.  This piece for a cappella chamber choir explores our old friends addiction and nihilism through the lenses of internet discussion boards, scientific debates, religious texts, and Sufi poetry.  Really, can you think of anything more enticing?

MAKE A NIGHT OF IT:  The Polynesian -- where the Tiki cocktails and snacks are a lot better than they need to be.