Walk on Through: Confessions of a Museum Novice Off-Broadway

Walk on Through: Confessions of a Museum Novice 2023

Opened: November 27, 2023
Closing: January 07, 2024

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MCC Theater

511 West 52nd St New York, NY 10019

Tony® and Olivier Award-winning actor and songwriter GAVIN CREEL (HELLO, DOLLY!, INTO THE WOODS) had never been to The Metropolitan Museum of Art…until now. Inspired by the countless hours he spent wandering through the world-renowned collections of the museum for a MetLiveArts commission, WALK ON THROUGH is a thrilling new musical event featuring 17 original, infectious, pop-infused songs. In his theatrical songwriting debut, Creel takes us on an intimate, relatable journey of discovery and transformation through the lens of the art that captured his imagination. Whether you are a museum lover or a fellow novice, this show invites you to take a walk with Creel and engage with art, song, and the creative process in a fresh and new way.

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Ryan Vasquez

Sasha Allen

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Walk on Through: Confessions of a Museum Novice

8 / 10

While Walk on Through is occasionally self-indulgent, it's more often endearing, funny and relatable, and makes you yearn for a cast recording. And it's not all about Creel: Ryan Vasquez and his powerhouse vocals are shown off in a series of small roles, including a wry Pollock and the brooding Russian author Vsevolod Garshin; in a stirring if incongruous number, Sasha Allen blows the roof off the joint as the triumphant subject of Lucas Cranach the Elder's Judith with the Head of Holofernes. Dramatic lighting by Jiyoun Chang and fabulous orchestrations by the band help elevate the show beyond cabaret.

A Decent Docent: Gavin Creel’s Walk on Through

7 / 10

Like a lot of recent solo shows (see also Rachel Bloom), Walk on Through runs aground when it tries to accommodate the emotional impact of the pandemic, as Creel and director Linda Goodrich arrive at an overdramatic curtain-pulling depiction of the Met’s shutdown of the museum. But once Creel does head back to the museum, he encounters a new visitor, and the two of them discuss their differing interpretations of an Edward Hopper painting of the view from the Williamsburg Bridge. One sees a hopeful daydreamer looking out that window, another someone crushed by the loneliness of the city. “We’re both looking at the same thing, but we’re each seeing it totally differently,” Creel muses. That’s one of those little observations that might seem trite, but it does carry a lot with it. You go to an exhibition, or a musical, to encounter someone else’s view of the world, but you yourself can only see it through your own little window. And your view, in turn, can become its own layer of interpretation, passed off to someone else.

Walk on Through: Confessions of a Museum Novice FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

What productions of Walk on Through: Confessions of a Museum Novice have there been?

Walk on Through: Confessions of a Museum Novice has had 1 productions including Off-Broadway which opened in 2023.

How long has Walk on Through: Confessions of a Museum Novice been running Off-Broadway?

Walk on Through: Confessions of a Museum Novice opened at the MCC Theater on Monday Nov 27, 2023 and has now been running for 1 month.

What theatre is Walk on Through: Confessions of a Museum Novice playing at Off-Broadway?

Walk on Through: Confessions of a Museum Novice is playing at the MCC Theater, which is located at 511 West 52nd St New York.

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