‘Stereophonic’ review: Broadway play goes behind the music
nypost.comAlthough “Stereophonic” is not a musical, it’s easy to get swept up by the terrific original rock songs that throb through it.
Three hours and five minutes, with one intermission. At the John Golden Theatre, 252 West 45th Street.And as writer David Adjmi’s play, which opened Friday night at the John Golden Theatre, is set during the mid 1970s, Will Butler’s music sounds authentically of that edgier era.
Almost eerily so. The former Arcade Fire member’s impressive jams are melodious and raw; earthy rather than trippy; the stuff of the best cross-country road trips.Then, at the end, comes a tragedy.
The tracks, which we’ve watched be painstakingly rehearsed and recorded by a famous band over the course of a year in two California studios, don’t even make it onto the final album.
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