Review Roundup: HERE LIES LOVE at Seattle Rep

Seattle Repertory Theatre is currently presenting the star-studded, immersive theatrical event, Here Lies Love. For ticket reservations, call the Seattle Repertory Theatre Box Office at 206.443.2222 or toll-free at 877.900.9285, or go online at seattlerep.org.

Let's see what the critics had to say:

Jay Irwin, BroadwayWorld: The folks at the Seattle Rep have taken on an insane task along with Scenic Designer David Korins of gutting the Bagley Wright Theatre and transforming it into the rocking Club Millennium where the audience watches the show from surrounding balconies as well as from the main dance floor while the stages spin and contort into various performing areas as the audience travels around with them. (NOTE: If you see the show with someone, you may end up separated as the stages move.) And I have to commend the incredible audience guides and stage crew who maneuvered the set and the people like a finely choreographed ballet. I could go on and on as to how innovative the set is along with the incredible staging from director Alex Timbers but let's talk about the rest of the show.

Mark Douglass, Drama in the Hood: Here's what else you get: the Seattle Rep transformed into an elaborate disco like none I ever danced in. Trust me, I danced in many right in the middle of their glory in the 80s in New York. Still, to get us in the groove, there's a huge stardust ball in the middle of the main stage in the middle of the room. The balcony has seats, and there are box seats on the balcony level as well. The best seats are not seats at all, but standing and dancing, and swiveling from one stage to the another as the performance unfolds. Every stage has wheels and also sliding runways that are telescoped in or out as needed. During a couple of songs the main platform is gently rotated as the performers sing and the audience in the pit slowly rotate with it.

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