As a piece of theater, Songs About Trains is earnest and unique. Lead author (and performer) Beto O’Byrne along with contributing authors Eugenie Chan, Reginald Edmund, Jay B Muskett and Rebecca Martínez (who also co-directs) have constructed a work that’s not definitely a musical and not quite a play, but more of a performance piece which sews stories together with music, dance and songs.
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"Comprised of actor/musicians who have performed on Broadway and elsewhere, Songs About Trains is exciting both musically and narratively, and boasts powerhouse vocals. I was one of the few brave enough to opt for the 'onstage' seating, and it was an exciting, intimate experience. No fear of audience participation (though you may occasionally make eye contact with a performer), it's simply a way to be closer to the action and more 'in' the music."
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"In the telling, the audience is treated to an exhaustive mini-history of labor relations, Manifest Destiny, and rare moments in the American adventure where diverse groups, whatever their background, worked together and got along—because, dammit, the railroads needed building, and however cruel the taskmasters or backbreaking the labor, it beat out enduring the Irish potato famine or the wholesale eradication of Native American tribes."
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