A NoHo Arts theatre review of “Out of The Blue – A Miraculous Musical.”
June 05, 2022“Out of The Blue – A Miraculous Musical” is my first Hollywood Fringe Festival show this year! A beautifully balanced musical, set around Eli Hans’s own journey through life, childhood up to present day. Born in Mexico City, Eli is a gay Jewish man trying to understand his place in the world.
It’s a gorgeous performance from a very talented actor. Heartfelt, hilarious and beautifully sung.
The story of his life so far, is really quite something. Through finding himself as a gay man, finding love and losing him to suicide, navigating through the birth of the AIDS crisis in the 80s, and finding love again, triumphantly. And all this taking place before he hit 40. It’s a retrospective of a life lived with passion and honesty, lived out loud, as it were.
What struck me most about this show is the joyfulness. Through his darkest moments, Eli looks toward hope and the love that brought him there. He has a really tremendous musical theatre presence, all light and magic and sweetness
...REVIEW BY PAT LAUNER - SAN DIEGO EMMY AWARD-WINNING THEATER CRITIC
May 17, 2022THEATER REVIEW: “OUT OF THE BLUE – A Miraculous Musical” written and performed by Eli Hans
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He’s endured loss and death, illness and humiliation.
But Eli Hans is a song-and-dance man, and that — coupled with his extreme self-awareness, spiritual sensibility and boundless sense of humor — is what got him through.
He’s a natural entertainer, and though telling his personal story of heartbreak and healing may bring tears, his relentlessly upbeat outlook will leave you smiling, laughing, refreshed and inspired.
“Out of the Blue” is a “mostly” solo play. His husband, Joseph Bennett, who serves as stage manager, also appears onstage to help Hans with costumes and clever props, and to join him in a singing, dancing finale duet.
As Hans recounts his tribulations, trepidations and aspirations, he plays 25 characters, and intersperses his memories and insights with songs, mostly ballads, with a brash musical-theater opening and closing number.
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...AND... OUT OF THE BLUE - TO HAVE U.S. PREMIERE THIS JUNE AT HOLLYWOOD FRINGE!
May 02, 2022Featuring book, music and lyrics by Eli Hans. Directed by Meredith Grundei. Produced by Out of the Blue Productions. Starring Eli Hans, with Joseph Bennett.
Writer-composer-performer Eli Hans portrays 25 characters in this swift-paced musical journey. After a dire cancer diagnosis, Eli must learn to make peace with his past as a gay kid on a quest for love. As he navigates his several identities, learning to accept himself through shame and fear, coping with tragic loss, and struggling with cancer, he miraculously finds his true love and manages to turn all of those challenges around.
Infused with humor and original music, “And… Out of the Blue” is a heart-warming and inspiring true story celebrating the resilience of the human spirit. Eli takes the audience on an intimate ride filled with love, laughter, heartache and miracles. When all is said and done, everyone – including this gay, Mexican, Polish, Jew – deserves a chance to create a beautiful life worth living.
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