Constellarium

See it if you like pretty lights & don't mind a one-man show that is mostly a lecture.

Don't see it if you don't like being talked at for long stretches of stage time.

Also “Constellarium” uses cheap lighting to magical effect. And at several points during the show lovely, colorful, evocative drawings are projected on panels that flank the stage space -- an alien queen, large roses, a serpent-like worm, a tree with roots below the ground that mimic the branches above. But the script for this single-person play is confusing. It seems to be a sci-fi allegory for how we earthlings are destroying our planet. But the story told is dense with alien names & incidents that are not at all clear on first hearing, which greatly blunts any power the allegory could have. And the story is delivered as a series of speeches given by the president of a distant planet who is hosting some now-homeless earthlings --those of us in the audience -- a form that is repetitious & dramatically inert. Occasional striking images in the text -- a canyon made of the dead, for instance -- cannot lift the script into consistent liveliness.... Read more Read less

See it if you want huge imagination unleased in a future world with an undercurrent of oh boy is this relevant to today. Good for ages 8-100.

Don't see it if you need realistic stuff with a step-by-step plot.

See it if You love SiFi.

Don't see it if You do not enjoy SiFi..

See it if Your enjoy sci-fi, like cartoons and audience interaction, want to be pushed to look at our responsibility to our planet and each other,

Don't see it if You are uninterested in imaginative approaches to world topics, aren't interested in family theater or whimsy

Also This is a whimsical approach which might be fun for families with children between 8 and 11, warning it is a walk-up loft theater on 4th floor with many, many stairs, I was bemused by it, sometimes entertained and in the end found it to be a brief, one hour, somewhat enjoyable experience, somewhat thought provoking. One-person cast was very committed and energetic and partially won me over. Fun if you want to see something entirely different... Read more Read less

See it if you have kids ages 7-9, you want an intimate one-man show for families + you want to see how artists can blend politics into their work.

Don't see it if you don't want a one-man show with music that relates to current events or a show that is tailored for families but isn't watered down.

See it if you want an entertaining, original, short one man show, speaking directly to the audience, as another character

Don't see it if you want an ensemble show

See it if You have an interest in discovering young talented performer with a refreshing take on today's issues.

Don't see it if You're close minded

See it if You are looking for a positive perspective

Don't see it if Not applicable

See it if you want to see smart, timely theatre with a heartfelt message and gorgeous music and lighting.

Don't see it if you can't appreciate a one person show.