Only an Octave Apart (St. Ann's Warehouse) NYC Reviews and Tickets
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Production Covid-19 Safety ProtocolsShow-Score Member Reviews (10)
See it if you're under the misconception, you can resist the sizable charms of Justin Vivian Bond. You will find you are wrong and will exit a convert
Don't see it if you don't like camp or cross-pollination or covers or cabaret or corny costumes or opera or pop music or reinvention or buddy movies or life
See it if You’re a fan of either Bond’s cabaret style or Costanzo’s opera, together they are glorious! A clever, witty, almost profound evening.
Don't see it if You’re homophobic or transphobic. These two let their freak flags fly in all their glory and we are all the better because of it! Read more
See it if You're a fan of opera, you're a fan of vocal comedy and cabaret, you're a fan of the weird and unexpected.
Don't see it if You don't enjoy the feeling of having NO IDEA what's going on. This is a concept piece with disparate personas that come together, sorta.. Read more
See it if If you like "downtown" performers, caberet, and opera. Both performers are great...and the costumes are eye popping! Great music selections!
Don't see it if Don't like opera, music, no real plot...
See it if you like innovative and uplifting cabaret performances with great costumes, sets, and lighting. It's a feel-good delightful show.
Don't see it if if you don't like cabaret, operatic voices, or creatives who explore gender identity. Also, Dumbo is really crowded & touristy these days...
See it if you enjoy drag caberet mashed up with opera.
Don't see it if do not like a counter tenor voice or bitchy humor. Read more
See it if enjoy either/or Justin Vivian Bond or Anthony Roth Constanzo. good to see these artists expand outside their comfort zones
Don't see it if want more synergy between the two art mediums - cabaret and opera. not until the end did it really work. felt under-rehearsed.
See it if and ONLY if you are a huge Justin Vivian Bond fan or if you just like sitting inside the theater at St. Ann's Warehouse.
Don't see it if you were expecting a revelation moment like you experienced the last time you saw Justin Vivian Bond at Joe's Pubs YEARS AGO.... Read more
Critic Reviews (3)
"The show finds both obvious humor and a dissonant beauty in combining sounds. Under Thomas Bartlett’s brilliantly agile music direction, nimble arrangements by Nico Muhly and Daniel Schlosberg flit seamlessly from plucked strings to erotic disco beats."
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"Bond has similarly inspired me with their artistic fearlessness and unapologetic individuality. It shouldn't surprise us that these two artists are defying genres to create a show that is entertaining, sophisticated, and completely original. There should be more collaborations like this."
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"Somewhat late in the dizzying program Bond and Costanzo take solo turns. Bond does a grand and heartfelt job joining “I’m Always Chasing Rainbows” (the melody derived from Frederic Chopin’s Fantasie Impromptu Op. 66, of course) to “Rainbow Sleeves.” Costanzo throws himself into a challenging bit of Mozart, singing both male and female parts."
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