Freddie Mercury, the legend, may as well have invented rock flair, and his fist-pumping anthems play just as well in a theatre as at Live Aid. But this is a musical where story, plot, and character development hold just as much sway as music. And We Will Rock You did not exactly rock me.
Archives for June 6, 2014
Wild with Happy says it all
Goofiness is not a term normally associated with grief, but in Colman Domingo’s sparkly play Wild with Happy, the mourning process becomes a madcap romp, a Disney-fied fantasy that is both silly and sweet.