What Do Reviews Think of Oratorio for Living Things’s Off-Broadway Return?
Lee Sunday Evans again directs Heather Christian’s Obie-winning musical.
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The New York return of Heather Christian’s Oratorio for Living Things has officially opened at Signature Theatre, and the reviews are rolling in! The production began performances September 30.
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Composed and created by Christian, Oratorio was previously produced Off-Broadway at Ars Nova, where it won several Obie and Lucille Lortel Awards. Again directed by Lee Sunday Evans, the Signature production will run through November 16. The piece, featuring a company of singers and instrumentalists, peels back complex layers of what it means to be alive on both a human and a cosmic scale.
Read the reviews below.
New York Stage Review (David Finkle)
New York Theatre Guide (Allison Considine)
TheaterMania (Kenji Fujishima)
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Playbill will continue to update this list as reviews come in.
Oratorio’s singers include Kirstyn Cae Ballard, Jonathan Christopher, Carla Duren, Ashley Pérez Flanagan, Brian Flores, Jonny-James Kajoba, Barrie Lobo McLain, Ángel Lozada, Divya Maus, Ben Moss, Onyie Nwachukwu, and Dito Van Reigersberg. Their understudies are Major Curda, Laura Darrell, Elisa Galindez, and Jacob Ryan Smith. Casting is by Henry Russell Bergstein Casting.
The production’s instrumentalists are Fraser Campbell, Jane Cardona, Clerida Eltime, John Murchison, Odetta Hartman, and Peter Wise.
READ: Heather Christian Is Redefining the Musical
The creative team includes scenic and environmental designer Krit Robinson, costume designer Márion Talán de la Rosa, lighting designer Jeanette Oi-Suk Yew, sound designer Nick Kourtides, music director Ben Moss, and Latin consultant Greg Taubman. The stage management team will be led by production stage manager Jo Fernandez, with assistant stage managers Kelsey Vivian and Olivia McQuerry.
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Ashley Pérez Flanagan and Ben Moss in Oratorio For Living Things
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Divya Maus, Fraser Campbell, and Ashley Perez Flanagan in Oratorio For Living Things
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Divya Maus in Oratorio For Living Things
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Kirstyn Cae Ballard in Oratorio For Living Things
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Barrie Lobo McLain in Oratorio For Living Things
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Carla Duren in Oratorio For Living Things
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Dito van Reigersberg, Jonathan Christopher, Jonny James Kajoba, and Ben Moss in Oratorio For Living Things
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Ángel Lozada in Oratorio For Living Things
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