"Horrid" is the word that comes to mind to describe "Atlanta," the new musical at the Geffen Playhouse.
Get this premise for a musical: a Union soldier caught behind Confederate lines impersonates the soldier he killed in order to survive. He lands in the camp of a Shakespeare-loving Confederate General who forces him to perform works of the Bard in order to avoid being hung. He writes the widow of the soldier he killed and ultimately they fall in love.
Add in a terrible book, uninteresting music and lame lyrics and you have one of the worst musicals ever staged.
In other words, I did not like it.
1 comment:
I almost want to see it so I can have a really good bottom five!! Sorry to hear it didn't live up to its namesake. Atlanta rocks!
Happy New Year, Ted.
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