The Keep Going Songs Off-Broadway Reviews

A seamless mashup of music and offbeat storytelling, The Keep Going Songs is on brand for The Bengsons. As they survey the subjects of loss, grief, and hope, a hybrid happening unfolds. The production lives up to its promise of being a concert, a wak...

A seamless mashup of music and offbeat storytelling, The Keep Going Songs is on brand for The Bengsons. As they survey the subjects of loss, grief, and hope, a hybrid happening unfolds. The production lives up to its promise of being a concert, a wake, and a theatre piece.

Musically, the Bengsons have obvious skills. Abigail’s voice has an alt-rock edge to it, but she also can flip up into her upper registers with the fluidity of a trained opera singer; while Shaun’s quick-fingered work on the acoustic guitar overs...

Musically, the Bengsons have obvious skills. Abigail’s voice has an alt-rock edge to it, but she also can flip up into her upper registers with the fluidity of a trained opera singer; while Shaun’s quick-fingered work on the acoustic guitar overshadows his more workmanlike baritone. But there’s a bit of sameyness to the songs, which fall comfortably into the guitar-based folk idiom, with the addition of synthesized drum beats and live production of overlapping vocal tracks to create instant harmonies.