The Hollow
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SHOW INFORMATION
Opened Aug 23, 2011
Closed Oct 16, 2011
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http://www.signature-theatre.org/shows/the-hollow
WHAT IS IT ABOUT?
From the composer of Nevermore and Partial Eclipse, The Hollow is a chilling musical reinterpretation of the classic thriller The Legend of Sleepy Hollow. In a devout 18th century village, a mysterious stranger spreading radically new ideas challenges the traditional order. However, when rumors spread of a headless horseman murdering friends and neighbors, the townsfolk blame the outsider for this demonic curse.
What are other members saying?
RE:Washington Irving Updated
Like "Nevermore", "The Hollow" borrows from American literature to create a new and exciting musical.
I thought there was a problem with the sound in the opening number on the night I saw it, but this problem cleared up. The show is slow to establish the narrative but once one understands that this is not a retelling of the Irving story and the direction clears, it becomes an exciting production. The set evokes the wilderness and isolation of Sleepy Hollow and lighting adds a true, Gothic element amid the human love story of Icabod and Katrina - developed here - unlike in the Irving story.
The musical also comments on the close mindedness of a conservative, Bible thumping community - a comment on todays right wing groups? And Im wondering if Matt is also bringing into play some autobiographical elements from his Stephens City/ Middletown, VA days. Just a thought.
After reading Peter Marks W. Post review, I was all set to "hate" this. But what a surprise - the show turned out, at least in my eyes, to be a provocative and entertaining experience. Bravo, Matt!
Reviewed by tomrcor
on Wednesday, Sep 28th, 2011
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