lies & love

Does true democracy stand a chance when old-school authoritarianism is disco-fied to a beat we dance to? 

Here Lies Love - whose title comes from a quote of Imelda Marcos concerning the words she hopes appear on her tombstone - plays like a coked-up cartoon. This 2010 Marcos concept album is a collaboration between David Byrne and FatBoy Slim (AKA Norman Cook). 

the new Broadway production

Though it features cameos by legends such as Florence Welsh and Natalie Merchant, as well as regular contributions from Byrne himself, it feels more parody than actual pleasure-conveyor and plays through as overzealous mental masturbation. 

Moulin Rouge NYC 2020

Truth, Beauty, Freedom, Love, and the Moulin Rouge! Baz Luhrmann's 2001 musical film extravaganza is updated and revised for Broadway as a major hit with an accompanying cast album nominated at this year's Grammy Awards.

wonder | wander | women were wary this new remake would not be able to live up to that crazy lovely movie! Or manage to translate cinematic shimmery illusions into the grit and greasepaint of live theater.