David Byrne's "Here Lies Love" Is "One of New York’s Most Exhilarating Musicals," Says Washington Post

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David Byrne and Fatboy Slim's Here Lies Love premiered at New York’s Public Theater in April of last year and returned this spring. The Washington Post's chief theater critic Peter Marks returned to see it, too, exclaiming: "It was a revisit that confirmed it as one of New York’s most exhilarating musicals–far sharper than any of the musicals that opened uptown in the Broadway season that just wrapped up." Ruthie Ann Miles, who plays Imelda Marcos, is "superb."

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David Byrne and Fatboy Slim's Here Lies Love, the original cast recording of which was released on Nonesuch earlier this year, premiered at New York’s Public Theater in April of last year and returned to the Public this spring. The headline of a new review in the Washington Post says: "Here Lies" Good Stuff.

The Washington Post's chief theater critic Peter Marks, having seen last year's production as well, writes of his recent return to the show: "It was a revisit that confirmed it as one of New York’s most exhilarating musicals–far sharper than any of the musicals that opened uptown in the Broadway season that just wrapped up."

In the current production, as on the cast recording, Ruthie Ann Miles plays Imelda Marcos, whose love for disco and club music served as the inspiration for the musical, telling the story of Filipina First Lady Imelda Marcos, retracing her meteoric rise to power and subsequent descent into infamy and disgrace at the end of the People Power Revolution. In his Post review, Marks calls Miles "superb."

Read the complete review at washingtonpost.com.

For tickets to experience Here Lies Love at the Public Theater, head to herelieslove.com.

To pick up a copy of the Here Lies Love cast album, which includes an 80-page full color book with lyrics, credits, and two essays about the creation of the piece by Byrne, head to the Nonesuch Store, where CD orders include a download of the complete album at checkout; it is also available to purchase there as MP3s and FLAC lossless files.

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  • Thursday, June 19, 2014
    David Byrne's "Here Lies Love" Is "One of New York’s Most Exhilarating Musicals," Says Washington Post
    Joan Marcus

    David Byrne and Fatboy Slim's Here Lies Love, the original cast recording of which was released on Nonesuch earlier this year, premiered at New York’s Public Theater in April of last year and returned to the Public this spring. The headline of a new review in the Washington Post says: "Here Lies" Good Stuff.

    The Washington Post's chief theater critic Peter Marks, having seen last year's production as well, writes of his recent return to the show: "It was a revisit that confirmed it as one of New York’s most exhilarating musicals–far sharper than any of the musicals that opened uptown in the Broadway season that just wrapped up."

    In the current production, as on the cast recording, Ruthie Ann Miles plays Imelda Marcos, whose love for disco and club music served as the inspiration for the musical, telling the story of Filipina First Lady Imelda Marcos, retracing her meteoric rise to power and subsequent descent into infamy and disgrace at the end of the People Power Revolution. In his Post review, Marks calls Miles "superb."

    Read the complete review at washingtonpost.com.

    For tickets to experience Here Lies Love at the Public Theater, head to herelieslove.com.

    To pick up a copy of the Here Lies Love cast album, which includes an 80-page full color book with lyrics, credits, and two essays about the creation of the piece by Byrne, head to the Nonesuch Store, where CD orders include a download of the complete album at checkout; it is also available to purchase there as MP3s and FLAC lossless files.

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