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Behind the scenes of LORD'S RESISTANCE by Camille Darby

directed by Christopher Burris

The Fire This Time 2012

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[. . .] *How do you keep the performance fresh night after night?* You can’t get bored being on Hamilton on Broadway, this is what you always wanted to do. When you get bored it’s time to go, it’s a thrill to be with new people who have waited so long to see the show, it’s exciting when Javi [Muñoz] comes onstage and says “Alexander Hamilton”, those cheers...there’s nothing like that. You want to be part of it. *You’ve also done Wicked which was also huge, with Hamilton however we see the phenomenon of people knowing every lyric and note before they see the show, because the cast recording is so huge all over the world. Do you ever feel like you have to live up to the expectations that the cast recording fans have?* I don’t because the score is so stunning, it’s a masterpiece. I listened to the album as a fan and then opened up the score when I got the job, and I was like “this truly is a masterpiece”. I think it’s exciting for people who know the cast recording to see the story visually, you can hear the album and it’s brilliant, but then when you’re there you can see the events. Their experience is even more personal because it starts with this love of musical theatre, that’s how I started too, listening to cast recordings because nobody took me to the theatre as a kid, so when I got to see those moments for the first time it was so special. I’m having the time of my life. [. . .]

Interview: Mandy Gonzalez on ‘Hamilton’, Being a Latinx Role Model and Her Show at Feinstein’s/54 Below (Stage Buddy)

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"O Walter, My Walter" Nails the Veteran Affairs Scandal

When it comes to Elena Zucker’s dark absurdist play “O Walter, My Walter”, timing is everything. In light of the recent Veteran Affairs scandal, a play inspired by the uncovering of Walter Reed Army Medical Center’s criminal neglect of its veteran patients in 2007 fits the bill in a way that’s sobering and necessary. The fact that Zucker’s show opened on Memorial Day Weekend is less coincidental than driving home a point: despite the comedy, there are heavier issues being addressed here.

With a cast of nine actors, six of whom go by the name of Walter during the play, Zucker accomplishes something brilliantly complex in its simplicity. With each utterance of that name, we’re reminded what and who the play is about. In addition to linking the play to Walter Reed Army Medical Center, the name Walter binds all six characters under a collective narrative. From Richard Crawford’s bumbling, embezzling Dr. Walter, to Andrew Baldwin’s masterful portrayal of a post-traumatic veteran Walter from the West Virginia, we can’t deny that they’re all ‘Walter.’ They all represent the complexity of veteran life in America.

This isn’t to say that “O Walter, My Walter” is without more than its fair share of campiness and spitfire wordplay. Jenny Lee Mitchell, Mischa Ipp and Vicki Oceguera brilliantly capture this comedic tone, all with their own unique physicality and mannerisms. Timur Tocak’s Government Investigator Walter also lends a hand in comedy, pulling from 1970s news anchor rigidity to make a wonderful straight man to Mitchell and Ipp’s foils.

However, Zucker doesn’t give in to the temptation of being too light. The play chooses its moments to slowly crumble into darker territory, harkened by a surprising and chilling moment from Michael Villastrigo’s Catatonic Veteran Walter. Like the lighting around him, the mood gets unworldly dark. Adding to the fray is William Webber’s Veteran Walter, whose trauma, like that of Baldwin’s Southern Walter and many other veterans, is psychological.

The most effective and memorable moments in Zucker’s play are the natural transitions into vulnerable and heart-shattering songs. They only happen when necessary, and never move anywhere close to spectacle. If you’re looking for play that’ll constantly pull you deeper into the world of a wounded veteran, this would be the first one to see.

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