Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson, written and directed by Alex Timbers, with music and lyrics by Michael Friedman, is 18th-Century history done in rock and roll played in 19th-Century melodrama style with Brechtian influences. It's full of creative physical activity and jokes and songs in a psychedelic, anachronistic view of events. It's full of comic shtick and surprises and stands on the shoulders of Monty Python.
The set by Donyale Weble is a kitschy mish-mash that works perfectly in the lighting by Justin Townsend, and the funny, exciting, creative choreography by Danny Mefford in this super satire on politicians, politics and American history helps make it fly.
Benjamin Walker, who plays Jackson, is a handsome, charismatic singer, and he and his surrounding gang of lively, talented comedian/singers/musicians give us an outrageous comic musical show with bold contemporary no-holds-barred splash. It's brash, funny, and has an underlying comment on the treatment of American Indians in Jackson's day. I had a great time.
