When the holiday season’s hottest new toy, the Tickle-Me Wiggly, hits the shelves, the city of Hatchetfield goes mad for it, literally.
Somewhere in the American Midwest, at the crossroads of nightmare and imagination, there is a tiny town where the veil of reality wears thin and eldritch forces threaten to unravel the fabric of the universe… Black Friday is a new horror-comedy musical about the shopping day from hell. Also, this review will be as spoiler-free as possible.)īlack Friday (music and lyrics by Jeff Blim book by Matt and Nick Lang directed by Nick Lang) As such, none of the technical elements of the show – aside from its set and basic lighting design – will be discussed as it seems unfair to judge them based on a single camera angle. (This review is based on the Digital Ticket released earlier this week. In fact, it might be one of my favorite shows from Starkid. The biggest question: how is the show? In short, it’s really good. With Black Friday having opened last week and the digital ticket being released earlier this week, it seemed like an apt opportunity to take a look at Starkid’s newest musical and see just what’s happening in Hatchetfield this time around. But their most recent show, The Guy Who Didn’t Like Musicals, seemed to reignite a fire within the group and their fanbase, leading to unprecedented success in their Kickstarter campaign for their 10th anniversary season – a reunion concert featuring every Starkid performer willing to return and a brand new musical, Black Friday. Like any group that’s been around for such a length of time, the quality of their work has ebbed and flowed after all, not every show can be a masterpiece.
It’s been a delight to see how Starkid has grown from a group of plucky college kids making silly Harry Potter musical parodies into a full-fledged company that’s gone on multiple nationwide tours and written musicals that could legitimately give more “professional”/Broadway shows a run for their money. Over the past ten years, Team Starkid has produced twelve full-length musicals (including their newest, Black Friday), eventually going on to post those shows on their YouTube page and making good, original theatre far more accessible than most theatre-lovers are used to. Join StarKid for a new holiday tradition blending Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol with 80’s music videos into a synth-elating Live Visual Album experience! This reimagining of the classic tale from composer Clark Baxtresser features and all-star(kid) cast serving up vibes from Christmases past, an escape from Christmas present, and a cutting edge blend of live and filmed performances straight out of Christmas future! Continue reading → Posted in music, musicals | Tagged A Christmas Carol, AJ Holmes, Ali Gordon, Brian Holden, Brian Rosenthal, Britney Coleman, Clark Baxtresser, corey dorris, corey lubowich, Dylan Saunders, jaime lyn beatty, James Tolbert, Jamie Burns, joey richter, lauren lopez, Meredith Stepien, musical, starkid, team starkid | Leave a reply REVIEW – “Black Friday”: A New Musical from Team Starkid (Spoiler Free) (4.5 out of 5 wands)Ī VHS Christmas Carol (written by Clark Baxtresser, directed by Corey Lubowich) It’s an album (and virtual live visual album) that’s packed with catchy, earwormy tunes, energy, and heart. A VHS Christmas Carol is exactly the kind of thing I wanted this holiday season. In that light, I don’t know how novel an idea Starkid’s A VHS Christmas Carol-someone must have done A Christmas Carol in the style of 1980s pop music-but honestly, I don’t care. If you can think of an angle, it’s probably been applied to A Christmas Carol. A Christmas Carol is one of the most well-known Christmas stories of all time.It’s been adapted numerous times-for television, the stage, and the big screen.
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