本ブログでも何度かご紹介していますが、薬害エイズ事件をテーマとする舞台劇「BLOOD」がアメリカのハリウッドで現在公開されています。著名演出家のロバート・アラン・アッカーマンがt手がけているこの舞台は、各種メディアから大変高い評価を受けており、本来3月いっぱいまでであった公演日程も、急遽4月17日まで延長することとなりました。
↓は、米舞台メディアによるレビューです。ぜひご覧ください。
“FIVE STARS… thoroughly gripping, deeply dark yet highly entertaining… clearly one of the most unique theater pieces ever created” —Ron Irwin, Examiner.com
“SMART… involving, totally wrenching… expert direction…powerful performances.” —Gil Kaan, BroadwayWorld
“RECOMMENDED… STAGE RAW TOP 10… energetic, stylish… the songs are by turns lively, haunting, provocative and funny… Performances are uniformly impressive under Ackerman’s fine direction.” — Lovell Estell, Stage Raw
“MASTERFUL… Intelligent, thoughtful, powerful and impactful… highly entertaining story telling at its absolute finest. – Suzanne Birrell, Discover Hollywood
“EXOTIC, RIVETING, WELL-STAGED…. proof positive that amazing theatrical experiences can be found in smaller venues… sharp and always captivating.” — Leo Buck, BroadwayStars
“HEADY STUFF. The show’s first half nearly splits its seams so bursting is the creativity it flings at its audience… a witty treatment of a subject that matters so much… RECOMMENDED.” — Debra Levine, ArtsMeme
“ACHIEVES AN UNQUESTIONABLE POWER… Harmoniously sung and enthusiastically performed… terrific” — Paul Myrvold’s Theatre Notes
“BOLDLY tackles an important and shocking subject” — Will Manus, Total Theater
The World Through Night-Tinted Glasses
“DAZZLING… utterly theatrical… brimming with ideas and nuance” — David Macdowell Blue, The World through Night-Tinted Glasses
“FAST MOVING, EYE-CATCHING, COLORFUL, DEEPLY AFFECTING, CATHARTIC AND REDEMPTIVE, Bloodholds your interest from beginning to end… it’s a gift to see such powerful themes and such varied theatrical discipline poured into this absorbing tale.” — Eric Gordon, People’s World
LA West Media, Santa Monica Mirror
“BRILLIANT… RIVETING… an evening of unforgettable theatre” — Beverly Cohn, Santa Monica MIrror and LA West Media
“ENTERTAINING AND THOUGHT-PROVOKING… HIGHLY RECOMMENDED… beauty, music, rhythm, heart-wrenching performances, and courageous, triumphant, stylized drama.” — Carol Edger-Germain, ColoradoBoulevard.net