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Erica Reyes

Erica, a senior at McNair Academic, spends her days reading, writing, and sleeping. She enjoys eating macaroni and cheese (shell pasta, not elbow) and pretending she has a British accent.

Seeing Ourselves on Stage

by Erica Reyes on September 27, 2010

in Music,Teen Reviews,Theater

Green Day’s musical American Idiot, written by Billie Joe Armstrong and Michael Mayer, opens with seizure-inducing lights and a frenzied cast kicking and leaping in front of several televisions.  Immediately, the audience is pumped, grinning, and positive that this euphoria will be maintained throughout the entire show.  The musical, an adaptation of Green Day’s 2004 album of the same name (and including many songs from t1he more recent 21st Century Breakdown), follows the story of Jimmy (John Gallagher, Jr.) and his friends Will and Tunny (Michael Esper and Stark Sands).

As the curtain rises, the audience gets its first taste of humor which infuses what little dialog is in the show.  With a blunt and earnest vulgarity Jimmy states, “I jerked off into oblivion… and I forgot to take a shower.”  The audience is surprised into laughter; Jimmy’s face is deadpan.   [click to continue…]

Tagged as: American Idiot, Green Day, St. James Theatre

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In the Lost Estate

by Erica Reyes on December 1, 2009

in Dance

http://danceviewtimes.typepad.com/.a/6a00e39823a90188330120a6953230970b-320wi

Hilary Clark, Matthew Rogers, Daniel Clifton, Heather Olson, and Erin Gerken in Tere O'Connor's "Wrought Iron Fog."

Surrounded on all sides by thick, ripped pieces of fabric, five dancers move as mysterious silhouettes in silent darkness.  As the lights turn on, Hilary Clark, Daniel Clifton, Erin Gerken, Heather Olson, and Matthew Rogers begin to move with the sharp movements which would suck the audience into the long lost world of dreams which is Tere O’Connor’s Wrought Iron Fog.

In a world of blues, purples, and soft, roaming lights of the Dance Theater Workshop stage, O’Conner explores the common theme of his works:  relationships.  [click to continue…]

Tagged as: Dance Theater Workshop

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