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Youre also face-to-face with another class of performers.
Theyre here to confirm you have a good time with some bad people.
Thanks in part to their hard work,Here Lies Loveis a great, unsettling time.
The resulting music is irresistible to a totalitarian degree.
It also elides the harshest aspects of her rule, and is clearly hard to play.
On the question of whether shes naive or calculating, the show tries to have it both ways.
Her unforgiving final moments, in which Imelda demands Why Dont You Love Me?
At my performance, and for the next month, Lea Salonga lent her star power to play Aurora.
AndHere Lies Lovehas plenty of talented actors to showcase in its all-Filipino cast.
In the midst of so much Broadway-scale pomp, you get something human-size.
The matter of scale ends up being crucial toHere Lies Love.
The show ends with democracy, but it has a wary relationship with the masses.
The thought may be that, lured by a beat good enough, theyll dance along to anything.
Here Lies Loveis at the Broadway Theatre.
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