Topic: The Hollow

The Hollow - 12:04PM on 9/28/2011

Show: The Hollow

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RE:Washington Irving Updated - 12:04PM on 9/28/2011

Like "Nevermore", "The Hollow" borrows from American literature to create a new and exciting musical.

I thought there was a problem with the sound in the opening number on the night I saw it, but this problem cleared up. The show is slow to establish the narrative but once one understands that this is not a retelling of the Irving story and the direction clears, it becomes an exciting production. The set evokes the wilderness and isolation of Sleepy Hollow and lighting adds a true, Gothic element amid the human love story of Icabod and Katrina - developed here - unlike in the Irving story.

The musical also comments on the close mindedness of a conservative, Bible thumping community - a comment on todays right wing groups? And Im wondering if Matt is also bringing into play some autobiographical elements from his Stephens City/ Middletown, VA days. Just a thought.

After reading Peter Marks W. Post review, I was all set to "hate" this. But what a surprise - the show turned out, at least in my eyes, to be a provocative and entertaining experience. Bravo, Matt!