Boom (WYRD Productions) NYC Reviews and Tickets
Member Reviews (127)
See it if If you like a show about baby boomers. Fun facts throughout show about each yr.
Don't see it if If you have no interest in the boomer years.
See it if You want to take a walk down baby boomer memory lane via the song hits and headlines, all brought to life quite well by one actor and film.
Don't see it if You have no interest in the music or social happenings of the baby boomer generation. Read more
See it if you'd like an unusual romp thru 25 yrs. RW re-creates 100+voices.Sweep of world & personal history. TED talk on steroids! Well-staged. Fun.
Don't see it if you want depth. No time to analyze import of events. Snippets of songs. Fun facts scroll on screen for ea yr. Some connections made to now Read more
See it if you relate to or want to know what was happening in politics, work order, music and USA society between 1945-69. Energetic performer shines.
Don't see it if you expect a complete review of this period - this touches on many items but only briefly and rarely in any depth, using many projections.
See it if Virtuosic impressions of 100+ politicians, musicians, etc. in an epic review of 1945-1979. Inspires you to ponder & "feel" the history.
Don't see it if Amalgamation of little snippets doesn't provide any analysis or depth... that's up to you.
See it if You're a boomer or interested in history. The volume of information is astounding, Lots of events I never considered as placed in time.
Don't see it if In the nightly talkback the writer performer admitted to leaving his characters' relationships vague which cut emotional connection for me
See it if You liked the music of the baby boom generation (46-69), 1-person shows with on target impressions & singing, great projections, lived it!
Don't see it if Unfamiliar with or don’t care about boomers & their period, not into history or music, don’t like 1-person shows, superficial history
See it if you'd enjoy a view of events from 1945-69 by a very talented performer. He does most of the voices and singing of a wide array of characters
Don't see it if you do not like one person shows although this actor takes on so many roles both physically and on video that it doesn't feel like 1 person. Read more
Critic Reviews (8)
"Rick Miller's New Show Is Just OK, Boomer: Miller leads a multimedia trip across three tumultuous decades at 59E59."
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"See 'BOOM' at 59E59 Theaters-Rick Miller's Powerful Multi-Media Journey"
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"People, places, and things rush by, forming a double-time parade that never pauses to allow anything to sink in."
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3/5 Stars. "Writer-director-performer Rick Miller uses footage, pop music and numerous wigs to make his point"
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3/5 Stars. "Multi-tasking Canadian star and Gen Xer Rick Miller channels baby boomers and their icons, in words and music"
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"Covering the music, politics and social trends of the baby boomer age, Miller cleverly uses lights and projections in real time, making lightning fast yet seemingly effortless transitions between characters. His impersonations are as detailed and enjoyable as the characters he's portraying."
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"So much information flashes by…that it's impossible to absorb it all, or to get much more out of it than a potted version of the times...Boomer or not…there's no avoiding the fact that, on purely technical grounds, you'll experience Rick Miller detonating an H-Bomb of talent in 'Boom.'"
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Score: 85%. "An interesting Canadian perspective of American events during the Baby Boomer years that leaves a dizzying exhausting effect and many questions and stories unfinished."
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