What I liked
Stellar performances, great staging, terrific tech, hysterical referential story.
What I didn't like
I could argue that it runs too long…… but isn’t that ALSO a brilliant nod to Lynch’s work?
My overall impression
If you don’t know a lot of David Lynch’s work, you can let the insanity wash over you in a brilliant, colorful wave of discordant horns, nefarious characters, femme fatales who are actually different femme fatales but are really the same, well-choreographed-and-sung musical numbers, and a truly inspired burlesque section. If you KNOW a lot of David Lynch’s work….. HOOBOY! Prepare to scream with laughter at Michael Shaw Fisher’s deconstruction of what makes Lynch Lynch. I don’t think he missed a reference to a single piece of work. There’s something for everybody in “Who’s Afraid….?” …..okay, by “everybody,” maybe I’m pushing it, but “anybody out for a crazy good time.” Emphasis on “crazy.”
