Music? Music? Music?

It seems to me that I have written this same review several times in the past. A new musical with a weird plot, unmusical writing, and incredibly loud singing.

Last night David and I saw the World Première of Broadway Bounty Hunter at Barrington Stage 2. Music and Lyrics are by Joe Iconis with a book by him, Lance Rubin and SweetTooth Williams.

I am much too old to appreciate this kind of theatre. Sitting in the front row of the theatre being bombarded by people basically hollering at me from six feet away while also being amplified, unable to understand many of the words that were being sung, and feeling I would rather be somewhere else. This work again came from the Musical Theatre Lab of William Finn and was directed by Julianne Boyd.

   Annie Golden

The unbelievable story concerns a middle aged actress trying to get a part in a play.Her husband drowned ten years ago and she still pines for him. She is kidnapped by a strange Asian man and several henchmen and begins her study in a Bounty Hunter School where everyone does their best to kill each other. She is sent to Venezuela to bring back a man who has been a crooked Broadway producer and has killed several people with a product he discovered that energizes them so they can perform fifteen shows a week rather than a mere eight. He turns out to be her supposedly dead husband.


Alan H. Green

Well, you get the idea.


Jeff McCarthy
  
The leading roles were played by Annie Golden, Alan H. Green, and Jeff McCarthy. They all sang as loud as possible. Ms. Golden is an excellent actress and the entire cast hollered and danced with great energy.

Julie suggested that the show may be Broadway bound. I doubt it.