"Here are twelve productions that caught our attention for their range and imagination, including reinventions of U.S. history, the bible, Shakespeare, French drama, Jane Austen, and cosmic meditation. Mexodus: What if the Underground Railroad ran south? Writer-performers Brian Quijada and Nygel D. Robinson turn that question into a full-throttle musical jam session. Using live-looping pedals, guitars, and beatboxing, the duo reimagines the journey of those who escaped slavery by crossing the Rio Grande into Mexico. Through Nov. 1, Minetta Lane Theatre, AudiblexMinetta.com."
"Oratorio for Living Things: Composer-performer Heather Christian's unique piece is something between a concert, a ritual, and a cosmic meditation. It surrounds the audience with singers and musicians who weave together blues, gospel, classical, and choral sounds into an immersive experience touching upon music, memory, time, and the vastness of space. Through Nov. 16, Pershing Square Signature Center, signaturetheatre.org."
Off-Broadway programming ranges from bold new works to inventive reinterpretations of classics and cultural touchstones. Mexodus imagines the Underground Railroad running south, turning escape across the Rio Grande into a high-energy musical using live-looping, guitars, and beatboxing. Oratorio for Living Things blends concert, ritual, and cosmic meditation with blues, gospel, classical, and choral textures to explore music, memory, time, and space. Oh, Happy Day! stages a gospel-fueled family comedy that reframes Noah’s Ark amid buried family secrets. Kyoto recasts the 1997 climate conference as a political thriller and arrives as the Royal Shakespeare Company’s U.S. premiere.
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