Read the Reviews for Taylor Mac's Downtown Jazz Opera The Hang | Playbill

The Verdict Read the Reviews for Taylor Mac's Downtown Jazz Opera The Hang

Featuring a book and lyrics by Mac and music by Matt Ray, the celebratory musical imagines the final hours of the life of Socrates.

Kat Edmonson, Taylor Mac, and El Beh in The Hang Maria Baranova

The reviews are in for The Hang, Tony nominee Taylor Mac's latest stage spectacle. The new musical–full of jazz, dance, debates, and queer rompsfeatures a book and lyrics by Mac and music by Matt Ray. Performances began January 20 at HERE and run through February 20.

Niegel Smith directs the work, which invites the audience 'to hang' during the final hours of the life of Socrates. The cast of The Hang includes Mac, Kenneth Ard, El Beh, Ryan Chittaphong, Kat Edmonson, Queen Esther, Wesley Garlington, Synead Cidney Nichols, and Trebian Pollard. Choreography is by Chanon Judson.

Read the reviews below.

New York Magazine/Vulture (Helen Shaw)

New York Stage Review (Elysa Gardner)

The New York Times (Laura Collins-Hughes)

The Wrap (Robert Hofler)

Playbill will continue to update this article as reviews come in.

The band for the show includes composer Ray on keys, Gary Wang on bass, Joel E. Mateo on drums, J. Walter Hawkes on trombone, LisaParrott on alto saxophone, Greg Glassman on trumpet, Jessica Lurie on baritone and tenor saxophone, and Jonathan Beshay on tenor saxophone.

The Hang will feature scenic and costume design by Machine Dazzle, lighting design by Kate McGee, and sound design by Cricket S. Myers. Patrick David Egan serves as production stage manager, with Morgan Jenness as dramaturg.

 
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