REVIEW: ETC’s “Hardbody” Says Hold On To Your Dreams
“Hold onto your dreams” is literally what this musical is about.
June 13, 2024
“Hold onto your dreams” is literally what this musical is about.
While the premise may be simple, the themes, stories, and songs are layered with class commentary, stories of redemption, love, and loss.
Cincy Shakes is known for creative reinventions of Shakespeare’s works and this is certainly a creative gamble. I am happy to say that it pays off.
Director Matthew Lewis Johnson transports Shakespeare’s story about 400 years from the 1590’s to the neon-soaked pulse of the 1980’s.
In “trying times” theatre reminds us that endurance is not passive, it is creative. Through every story, we find our way forward, together.