Mark Ryan Anderson and Wayne Shuker are the New York actors portraying Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb, respectively. Both are outstanding actors and singers, frighteningly absorbed in these characters, caught in a web of Nietzsche-inspired, above-the-law thrill crimes wrapped in a homosexual love affair that adds tensions and twists.
Dramatic, emphatic lighting (DJ Selmeyer) and sound (Lucas Nunn) help define the set, comprised only of furniture. Sounds and shadows created a prison that was not physically there.
A third “character” is Jeff English, the accompanist, who blends his piano into the mood to the point where we hardly notice the “music” as a separate element; it is woven into the fabric of the show. There was no stopping for applause after songs. The emotional current was too strong to interrupt on this 90-minute, no-intermission, thrill ride.
Only four shows left! 7:30pm Thur; 8pm Fri; 1:30pm Sun
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