Jose Solís takes a look at Frankenstein, A New Musical:
One can easily imagine most artists taking on a musical adaptation of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein might go through a process not unlike the one undergone by the title doctor, who attempts to create life out of "spare parts." The right combination of lyrics and music should be enough to send an electric jolt that would ignite what's on the page, and yet a misstep in the experiment would leave the creator with a limp, lifeless creature. The new musical of Frankenstein, which opened at St. Luke's Theatre on October 9, unfortunately never quite comes to life. With book, lyrics and music by Eric B. Sirota, and direction by Clint Hromsco, the show drags its way through Shelley's familiar tale without adding anything new to the myth. . . . |
