Rachel Bloom, the Emmy-winning co-creator and star of the television musical comedy Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, made her Off-Broadway premiere September 14 when her solo show, Death, Let Me Do My Show, officially opened at the Lucille Lortel Theatre.
In it, Bloom sets out to do the show she wrote in 2019, prior to the pandemic, but is derailed and forced to confront the events of 2020. Of course, she does it with her own unique musical comic flair, sometimes blue and tinged with the absurd.
Directed by Seth Barrish, who directed both of Mike Birbiglia's solo outings on Broadway, Death, Let Me Do My Show features a script by Bloom, with songs co-written by Bloom and several songwriting collaborators, including Shaina Taub and music director Jerome Kurtenbach.
See what critics had to say in the links below.
New York Magazine/Vulture (Jackson McHenry)
New York Stage Review (Sandy MacDonald, David Finkle)
New York Theatre Guide (Amelia Merrill)
The New York Times (Elisabeth Vincentelli)*
TheaterMania (Zachary Stewart)
The show features scenic design by Beowulf Boritt, lighting design by Aaron Copp, projection design by Hana S. Kim, and costume design by Kristin Isola.
Death, Let Me Do My Show is produced in New York City by Mike Lavoie and Carlee Briglia.
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