The Last Year in the Life of the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. as Devised by Waterwell: A Rock Operetta
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CURRENTLY CLOSED
Opened Jul 7, 2007
Closed Aug 11, 2007
Opened Jul 7, 2007
Closed Aug 11, 2007
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Running Time:
1hr. 30min.
1hr. 30min.
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From the spirited, anarchic company that created last summer's 2007 Drama Desk nominated Marco Millions (based on lies) comes an all new theatrical event about one of America's most loved and misunderstood figures. Featuring an exuberant score of hard-edged rock, blues and funk, The Last Year in the Life of the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. as Devised by Waterwell: A Rock Operetta draws on speeches, writings and interviews to give a blistering account of King as he barnstorms the country squaring off against the most powerful forces in politics and commerce. Facing criticism on all sides and even doubts from his closest advisors, he speaks his mind fearlessly and fights to the end against war, poverty and even his own government.
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If part of a reviewer's mandate were to factor in what a play might have been and still could become, the following would be an out-and-out rave for
The Last Year in the Life of the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. as Devised by Waterwell: A Rock Operetta (or The/King/Operetta for short) now at the Barrow Street Theatre. But since reviewers aren't granted that latitude, it must be reported that almost immediately after a socko opening, the satirical look at America's martyred civil rights leader is a major disappointment --and a dramatic fall-off from Waterwell's inspired spin last year on Eugene O'Neill's Marco Millions.
At the show's electrifying kick-off, the five-person troupe pre[...]