Los Otros NYC Reviews and Tickets
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Production Covid-19 Safety ProtocolsShow-Score Member Reviews (142)
See it if This is a show for LaChiusa fans, and fans of non-traditional musicals in general.
Don't see it if This isn’t for people looking for “big” musicals - it requires some thought and concentrating, but it pays off!
See it if you can still love a more traditional musical about characters who only accept themselves (much) later in life
Don't see it if dealing with racism, classism, and homophobia more genitally (and perhaps more effectively) than many current shows offends you. Read more
See it if you like small shows with a huge impact.You walk out of the theatre thinking about what you have just seen.It touched me deeply.Such talent.
Don't see it if you want a piece of froth.This has something to say, it does it while keeping you entertained.Michael John LaChiusa is a frickin' genius! Read more
See it if you want several simple but moving vignettes about different aspects of love which come together powerfully at the beautiful end! Stellar!
Don't see it if you don't like simple sets with only 2 actors, often only one on stage at a given time, or if you only like linear stories, not vignettes.
See it if Like story telling musical play. Great performance kept me captivated from beginning to end.
Don't see it if If your not into small intimate plays.
See it if You love storytelling -- even if just spoken word -- and would be fascinated to hear great stories being SUNG instead of just spoken.
Don't see it if You want dialogue and interaction between actors (these are individual monologues) or you want action on the stage. Read more
See it if the actors had fabulous voices
Don't see it if you dont want to be entertained
See it if You love people and their life stories. When we live our lives and share our stories, they can seem quite special. This celebrates love
Don't see it if If you don’t like musical stories. It’s a simple yet powerful production. The set is a few chairs.
Critic Reviews (9)
"The intimate 'Los Otros,' is more an art-song cycle than a musical. It simmers so gently it never reaches a satisfying boil."
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"What 'Los Otros' largely lacks is the engagement between characters that most plays and musicals naturally rely on for their dramatic pulse; having the characters take turns at center stage gives the show a certain metronomic structure."
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"As usual, LaChiusa gives us a sweeping score, with styles that seamlessly vary even between musical phrases. Fitzhugh's lyrics paint the vivid pictures that come to life in our mind's eye. But their final product is simultaneously too much and not enough: too much Lillian, not enough Carlos, and severely lacking in the development needed to intertwine their two stories in a dramatically satisfying way."
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For much of its running time, Los Otros appears to be the story of two perfect strangers; that they are linked by one degree of separation doesn't become clear until near the end. Instead, librettist Ellen Fitzhugh and composer Michael John La Chiusa gamble that we will be beguiled by the oddly similar experiences, unfolding across several decades, of a Californian woman and a Mexican immigrant. In less experienced hands, this format, consisting of intertwined monologues, could be tedious; thanks to Fitzhugh and La Chiusa, it has the quality of fine fiction, leading to an emotionally binding finale.
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"The show is presented with effective and minimalist design, which captures the shifting eras, moods and settings. The result is a sharp and incisive examination of people who are generally "othered" and often forgotten."
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A fresh antidote to the usual brassy, loud rock musicals of today, Los Otros slows down the tempo and the sound level with a story of the experiences of two people who learn to love, cope and risk over the course of many decades. Luba Mason and Caesar Samayoa are quite endearing as the two California residents whose lives overlap. They give remarkable performances mainly appearing alone on stage telling and singing their stories. Cudos to librettist Ellen Fitzhugh and composer Michael John LaChiusa for bucking the trend and giving us a deeply felt but small-scale musical revealing two people through variously well-chosen experiences which add up to lives well lived.
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"A warm, moving, and arresting piece."
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"Everything about this uniquely conceived and moving memory show, seen through the lens of two seemingly disparate lives, is naturally captivating and evocatively performed."
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