David Adjami’s rock and roll tale with music from Will Butler nails all the right notes.
(They dont have much luck with that second part.)
It’s a situation that marries high drama with high boredom.
Tom Pecinka, Will Brill, and Sarah Pidgeon in ‘Stereophonic’.Julieta Cervantes
The shows second half turns more ominous as Peters obsessive control-freak nature alienates the rest of the outfit.
Pidgeon turns her characters heartbreak into a signature moment while nailing a difficult vocal after a brutal argument.
And then there is the music itself.Stereophonicis billed as a play with music as opposed to a musical.
The cast of ‘Stereophonic’.Julieta Cervantes
It helps that the casts impressive musical chops and voices are more than up to the task.
Behind that is the glass-enclosed sound room where the music and other action comes to life.
At over three hours long,Stereophonicnever feels like too much.
Tom Pecinka and Sarah Pidgeon in ‘Stereophonic’.Julieta Cervantes
Sarah Pidgeon, Juliana Canfield, and Tom Pecinka in ‘Stereophonic’.Julieta Cervantes
The cast of ‘Stereophonic’.Julieta Cervantes
