Chronicle Staff January 18, 2021Updated: February 24, 2021, 7:19 am
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James Monroe Iglehart and Taylor Iman Jones join Ray of Light for ‘Lizzie’ rebroadcast
For two decades, Ray of Light Theatre has rebelled against the notion that musical theater is a light, fluffy diversion, a mission made clear in its motto: “Blood. Sweat. Musicals.”
The “blood” bailiwick was especially well served by the company’s 2015 take on “Lizzie,” the Tim Maner, Steven Cheslik-DeMeyer and Alan Stevens Hewitt rock musical about Lizzie Borden, who was tried for a double ax murder in 1892. The show imagines one of American history’s most gruesome crimes with both humor (song titles include “40 Whacks” and “What the F ”) and poignancy: “In the house of Borden there’s a lock on every door; in every room, a prisoner of a long, silent war.”
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