theater review

To focus on transformation, as this play so clearly does, is to reject the classification and rigid boundaries of any particular form. And here also is where “Orlando” shines, making a comedy from a drama, existing in all times at once while still progressing through time, making the crew’s cleaning materials into stage props, and making the audience into part of the show.

When considering where it fits into performance and critique, it most draws comparisons to Beyonce’s “Lemonade” or even the Talking Heads “Stop Making Sense” before it could be compared to a more “traditional” musical theater adaptation of a musician’s discography (in example “Girl from the North Country”).