Fallen Skies (FringeNYC)
Fallen Skies (FringeNYC)
Closed 1h 0m NYC: Soho/Tribeca
82% 14 reviews
82%
(14 Ratings)
Positive
79%
Mixed
14%
Negative
7%
Members say
Great singing, Intelligent, Original, Clever, Absorbing

About the Show

Part of FringeNYC: Art reflects life and life reflects art. Radical English author D.H. Lawrence struggles with tumultuous relationships and his obstacle-ridden career. Entirely adapted from his actual text, the line is blurred between fiction and reality.

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Critic Reviews (2)

Theatre is Easy
August 15th, 2016

โ€œMusic is rich and opulent...Unfortunately, the piece suffers from a lack of cohesion; at times it feels like a set of loosely connected songs instead of a full story. While the songs themselves are beautiful, the plot is not entirely made clear, and often the supporting characters are not identified. Julia Gannon does a good job directing her actors, but the piece itself feels bare and unfinished, as if another act is missing.โ€
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Stage Buddy
August 25th, 2016

"Despite the showโ€™s one-act structure, its aimlessness made it feel interminable... Lowyโ€™s compositions were much more admirable on an intellectual level, and failed to connect in any emotional sense, the whole show felt like a dissertation in which he was trying to prove he knew how to achieve dissonance. In fact he does, not only on a composition scale, but also by neglecting the humanism that made Lawrenceโ€™s work so compelling, and choosing to concentrate only on its sensationalism."
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