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Big Maestro & Little Cello Boy

Clown & Alternative Comedy · Alex Derderian & Peter Levine · Ages 18+ · 50 mins · United States of America

Content Warning World Premiere
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Review by LISSA RIVERA

June 22, 2026 certified reviewer

What I liked

I loved the looseness and stream-of-consciousness throughline. The props were used brilliantly, becoming extensions of the show’s strange logic. For all its darkness, Big Maestro is surprisingly beautiful. And there’s one scene I refuse to spoil. You’ll just have to see it.

What I didn't like

NA

My overall impression

Big Maestro is a perfectly twisted take on the amorphous nature of art-making and the torture, randomness, and absurdity of perfectionism. Secretly a legitimate horror show, I often felt like I was trapped inside a Bergmanesque dream sequence. Funny, unsettling, and psychologically precise, it lingers long after it’s over.

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