Stereophonic review – dazzling 70s-set music saga is a Broadway triumph
The tale of a fictional British-American rock band trying to make an album makes for compelling and incisive drama
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The tale of a fictional British-American rock band trying to make an album makes for compelling and incisive drama
Although “Stereophonic” is not a musical, it’s easy to get swept up by the terrific original rock songs that drive it. 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 robustly creative era. Almost eerily so.
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Read our review of *Stereophonic* on Broadway, a new play by David Adjmi with songs by Will Butler, which first played a sold-out Off-Broadway run last fall. Read all our theatre reviews at NewYorkTheatreGuide.com.
It's July 1976 in a Northern California recording studio and the rock ‘n’ roll band cutting their latest album is exhausted and wary. The coffee machine is broken. Never mind, there's always cocaine — and heaps of it.