Atlantic Theater Company continues its 2017-2018 Off-Broadway season with the world premiere of new musical This Ain't No Disco, directed by Darko Tresnjak.
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11 images Part rock opera, part impressionist tone poem set in the nightclubs and art world of 1979 New York City, This Ain’t No Disco interweaves the stories of strivers, dreamers and drifters searching for their place at Studio 54 and Mudd Club, the art scene and downtown lofts. In their uptown / downtown quest for revelry and kinship, this disparate group, in different stages of becoming and falling apart, find themselves and each other in a city on the verge of a massive cultural shift.
The music is great, the dancing is perfect, the lyrics are very funny, the actors are very alive and into it. This Ain't No Disco, the new show by Stephen Trask, Rick Elice and Peter Yanowitz directed by Darko Tresnjak now at the Atlantic Theatre Company, is like a good party cake - evenly baked, sweet, firm, no salt or soda taste, just the right amount of frosting and. . . alas, no surprise... Read more
