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Total Rating: 
**1/2
Previews: 
March 17, 2022
Ended: 
May 22, 2022
Country: 
USA
State: 
New York
City: 
New York
Company/Producers: 
Ars Nova
Theater Type: 
off-Broadway
Theater: 
Greenwich House Theater
Theater Address: 
27 Barrow Street
Website: 
arsnovanyc.com
Running Time: 
90 min
Genre: 
Musical
Author: 
Score: Heather Christian
Director: 
Lee Sunday Evans
Review: 

Heather Christian’s Oratorio for Living Things from Ars Nova features lovely music and admirable sentiments on peacefully maintaining our place in the universe, but the plotless piece, sung partially in Latin by a marvelous cast of 18 crammed into a tiny playing area at the Greenwich House, left me dazed and confused. The libretto handed out to audience members doesn’t help much. The text has something to do with time, memory, and microbiology, all set to luscious music by Christian.

Director Lee Sunday Evans keeps things moving, but this Oratorio sailed over my head.

Miscellaneous: 
This review was first published in Theaterlife.com and CulturalDaily.com, 4/22.
Critic: 
David Sheward
Date Reviewed: 
April 2022