From a vegetarian correspondent:
“Caught this amazing, Hamilton-esque hip-hop (kind of) import from the West End, now in a limited run at BAM/Harvey, with Scots actor James McAvoy in the title role. I confess to never having seen or even read the original, so I do not opine on faithfulness to text, but it was funny, moving, creepy, sad. The direction involved a kind of stage cubism: actors facing the fourth wall but purport to be face to face to one another. It really works. Too bad such a brilliant cast feels such a lack of self-confidence and self-esteem to rely on over-amplification; they could easily have been heard in their true vocal nakedness and it all would have been that much more personal. Don’t miss the astonishing ginger-flavored babaganoush at Miss Ada in Fort Greene pre-curtain.”
