Life After Bush: Press
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Original Production:
October 17 - November
2, 2008
Starring
Tarik Davis
Noah Diamond
Brian Louis Hoffman*
Sadrina Johnson*
Kim Moscaritolo
Avi Phillips
Amanda Sisk
Book and Songs by
Noah Diamond
and Amanda Sisk
Musical Direction and
Arrangements by
DJ Thacker
Lighting Design by
Christopher Brown
Sound Design by
Matt Tennie
Publicity by
Katie Rosin / Kampfire
PR
Production Manager
Blair Lampe
Produced and Directed
by
Noah Diamond
and Amanda Sisk
Presented through HERE's
Supported Artist Program,
which provides artists with
subsidized space and
equipment, as well as
technical and
administrative support.
*Appears courtesy of Actors
Equity Association.
October 17 - November
2, 2008
Starring
Tarik Davis
Noah Diamond
Brian Louis Hoffman*
Sadrina Johnson*
Kim Moscaritolo
Avi Phillips
Amanda Sisk
Book and Songs by
Noah Diamond
and Amanda Sisk
Musical Direction and
Arrangements by
DJ Thacker
Lighting Design by
Christopher Brown
Sound Design by
Matt Tennie
Publicity by
Katie Rosin / Kampfire
PR
Production Manager
Blair Lampe
Produced and Directed
by
Noah Diamond
and Amanda Sisk
Presented through HERE's
Supported Artist Program,
which provides artists with
subsidized space and
equipment, as well as
technical and
administrative support.
*Appears courtesy of Actors
Equity Association.
Listen to our interview with Martin Denton on nytheatrecast!
"LIFE AFTER BUSH MAY BE TOO SMART!. . .with political reference points,
cultural memes, and brilliant wordplay coming at machine-gun speed. . .An
inspired, enlightening play!"
-- ETHAN STANISLAWSKI, Blogcritics [Full review]
"PERCEPTIVE, FAIR, AND VERY, VERY FUNNY...The creators successfully
prompt the audience to reevaluate their ideas and opinions...all while
entertaining them with sharp, satiric comedy and music. It really is quite
impressive that Diamond and Sisk were able to create such an elaborately
staged and intricate work without sacrificing humor, invective or musical
originality. It never feels heavy-handed and it doesn’t take itself too seriously,
infusing the facts with a constant stream of laugh–out–loud material and
catchy tunes."
-- JESSICA KRAMER, Washington Square News [Full review]
“SMART SATIRE. . .A genuinely sunny celebration of the man who you
fervently wish will become president. . .Sharp and biting. . .warm-hearted,
funny, eager, and smart. Diamond and Sisk dazzle with the fresh ways they
present familiar figures of satire. UNEXPECTEDLY MOVING …the rousing
finale reminds us of exactly what we have to do on November 4.”
– MARTIN DENTON, nytheatre.com [Full review]
“THE SHOW IS ABLE TO MAKE CURRENT EVENTS SEEM FRESH AND
INVIGORATING AGAIN, reminding us that, come what may, on election day,
we all have a responsibility to ensure that America is the best country it can
be. . . Life After Bush is just what the doctor ordered to inject a bit of jazzy
humor into the proceedings.”
– AMY FREEMAN, offoffonline.com [Full review]
“FUNNY AND STARTLING! What this reviewer took away from this musical
comedy was the dire seriousness of this year’s election. . .For all its fun and
bravado, Life After Bush never strays too far from actual reality. . . In Life
After Bush there is humor, there is pathos, there is reason to laugh, there is
reason to cry, but most important of all THERE IS REASON TO HOPE!”
– JESSE SCHMIDT, Two Doors Theatre [Full review]
“LIFE AFTER BUSH HAS ITS AUDIENCE LAUGHING PRETTY
CONSISTENTLY FROM THE GET-GO. Some bits even raise political points
that the media haven’t covered sufficiently…So wide-ranging and up to the
minute...Run, for material this pungent has the shelf life of a banana!”
– MARC MILLER, Backstage (Critic's Pick) [Full review]
"AN ENGAGING MULTIMEDIA EXPERIENCE with a talented and arch cast. . .
The cast is truly an ensemble and each gets a number of chances to shine."
-- SHERRI RASE, Q Onstage [Full review]
"A disgusting night of liberal lies...Life After Bush is the latest leftist garbage
from the vile hate-merchants at Nero Fiddled."
-- RALPH PISS, Piss on America [Full review]
"LIFE AFTER BUSH MAY BE TOO SMART!. . .with political reference points,
cultural memes, and brilliant wordplay coming at machine-gun speed. . .An
inspired, enlightening play!"
-- ETHAN STANISLAWSKI, Blogcritics [Full review]
"PERCEPTIVE, FAIR, AND VERY, VERY FUNNY...The creators successfully
prompt the audience to reevaluate their ideas and opinions...all while
entertaining them with sharp, satiric comedy and music. It really is quite
impressive that Diamond and Sisk were able to create such an elaborately
staged and intricate work without sacrificing humor, invective or musical
originality. It never feels heavy-handed and it doesn’t take itself too seriously,
infusing the facts with a constant stream of laugh–out–loud material and
catchy tunes."
-- JESSICA KRAMER, Washington Square News [Full review]
“SMART SATIRE. . .A genuinely sunny celebration of the man who you
fervently wish will become president. . .Sharp and biting. . .warm-hearted,
funny, eager, and smart. Diamond and Sisk dazzle with the fresh ways they
present familiar figures of satire. UNEXPECTEDLY MOVING …the rousing
finale reminds us of exactly what we have to do on November 4.”
– MARTIN DENTON, nytheatre.com [Full review]
“THE SHOW IS ABLE TO MAKE CURRENT EVENTS SEEM FRESH AND
INVIGORATING AGAIN, reminding us that, come what may, on election day,
we all have a responsibility to ensure that America is the best country it can
be. . . Life After Bush is just what the doctor ordered to inject a bit of jazzy
humor into the proceedings.”
– AMY FREEMAN, offoffonline.com [Full review]
“FUNNY AND STARTLING! What this reviewer took away from this musical
comedy was the dire seriousness of this year’s election. . .For all its fun and
bravado, Life After Bush never strays too far from actual reality. . . In Life
After Bush there is humor, there is pathos, there is reason to laugh, there is
reason to cry, but most important of all THERE IS REASON TO HOPE!”
– JESSE SCHMIDT, Two Doors Theatre [Full review]
“LIFE AFTER BUSH HAS ITS AUDIENCE LAUGHING PRETTY
CONSISTENTLY FROM THE GET-GO. Some bits even raise political points
that the media haven’t covered sufficiently…So wide-ranging and up to the
minute...Run, for material this pungent has the shelf life of a banana!”
– MARC MILLER, Backstage (Critic's Pick) [Full review]
"AN ENGAGING MULTIMEDIA EXPERIENCE with a talented and arch cast. . .
The cast is truly an ensemble and each gets a number of chances to shine."
-- SHERRI RASE, Q Onstage [Full review]
"A disgusting night of liberal lies...Life After Bush is the latest leftist garbage
from the vile hate-merchants at Nero Fiddled."
-- RALPH PISS, Piss on America [Full review]