"As entertaining as the show is, one can’t also help but wonder if a documentary or fictional drama about the same condition would have made for a more profitable use of one’s time."
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“The action is nonsensical, the gags are lazy and warmed over…In a program note, Holzman and Rosen insist that the current situation in Israel makes their musical more meaningful than ever; to my mind, that's about as realistic as imagining you are Moses."
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“Rarely have I witnessed such a disparity between cast and material...You may end up enjoying ‘The Jerusalem Syndrome’ anyway, there's so much talent on that stage. And you may go out on a high: In a late-breaking plot development, peace talks break out all over the Middle East. From the authors' mouths, on that count at least, to God's ears.”
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"The Jerusalem Syndrome" is a pleasant new musical comedy with some fine clever songs and good comic moments. However, Don Stephenson’s production does not take the farcical elements far enough nor does he allow the cast to really have fun with their wacky roles. Playing this material mainly straight undercuts the inherent fun in the premise and plot.
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"A lot of hard work has gone into this attempt to make 'The Jerusalem Syndrome' a worthy musical. But any life beyond this production will require a rethink and some prayer. "
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“By play’s end, its five leads are all better people. But they achieve this feat by spending most of the show thoroughly convinced that they are characters from the Bible.”
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When talking about craziness in The Jerusalem Syndrome, the comedic definition of absurdity underscores a more serious focus on what happens when we model our lives on the Bible but the Bible has just as many contradictions and twists and turns as we do. The modern characters were similar to the biblical ones, and all of them portrayed as crazy. Madness has always been a prominent part of how theatre exaggerates humanity in ridiculous ways to point out something wrong with society.
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