		Thanatics -- A Rock Opera
		2006 SAN FRANCISCO FRINGE FESTIVAL AUDIENCE REVIEWS
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Play: Thanatics Reviewer: Larry Krazny 5 Stars It's all about the music. They should sell and album or something. The story is cool, too--pretty familiar and haunting...and funny. But all the actors play different instruments and can sing. There's even a couple dance numbers. Crooked Family did a hell of a lot a work on this. The direction seemed to have everything flowing a breakneck speed. Very entertaining. Five thumbs up!! Play: Thanatics Reviewer: Misha 5 Stars This show has SO blown away my expectations. The music was superb, well played and supremely well sung. A fantastic cast along with great new direction has transformed this show into one I'd want to go see again and again. Hopefully, the producers and cast will consider a longer run in the future as this show could easily be expanded to more obviously comment on the state of current politics. Play: Thanatics - A Rock Opera Reviewer: Stephanie Shallot 5 Stars A political party using fear to further its agenda which is merely a ruse for financial gain? That's about where the similarities to our current regime end, however. Thanatics takes place In a world where artists can be villains and heroes, where environmental fear baiting is used to progress a neo-fascist agenda, where San Francisco is the focal point of a suicide art movement and a depopulation political party. It's got a dark (sometimes sick) humor. A decent but sparse script helps hold together a plot line mainly consisting of some very catchy original music: rock, funk, country, punk, rap, blues, folk, disco...did I leave anything out? I saw this show last year when it was self-produced and pretty much just the music and a high-concept narration that made the story hard to follow. This is a new and improved version that fills in the cracks. You almost want it to be longer so the actors aren't sweating the scene transitions. Oh, yeah, the performances: most notably the Rav! en and villain characters and all three of the ladies. And the performance artist guy is hysterical. The narrator, who I guess is the writer, keeps it all together pretty smoothly and still manages to jam on the guitar in between. Also, their program handouts have all the lyrics in it, which are pretty killer. Do yourself a favor and catch this wild ride of a show. Play: Thanatics Reviewer: Ben Seeman 4 Stars Wow! What an improvement on this second installment of Thantatics! The music (performed by Crooked Family) is still rocking and the expansion of the characters really keeps the show moving through the final scene, a testment to Mark Donnelly's superb staging and directing. Go Soma 7! Fight the power! Everyone should see this show! Play: Thanatics Reviewer: Cat Taylor 5 Stars Great show! Music, story and performances all oustanding! Play: The Thanatics Reviewer: Mia Paschal I'm so glad I saw this show - I loved the multi-talented cast, the energy, the music, the lyrics. These guys were working so hard - they were sweating up there! - but it was smooth and seamless. A great, great performance with lots of heart and commitment, and a sharp and funny script. Play: Thanatics Reviewer: Peter Overstreet 4 Stars A fun and artistically provocative piece that kept the audience both entertained ... and thinking! Play: Thanatics - A Rock Opera Reviewer: Sean Lundy 5 Stars Remember that feeling you experienced after seeing Amelie for the first time, that warm happy sensation deep inside, well it is nothing like that. Thanatics is all about fun, you are transported to 2014 and told a tale of depopulation (a means of saving the planet of course). An hour later you are drying the tears from your eyes and have a huge grin plastered across your face. In short a quirky, witty and most enjoyable spectacle. Play: Thanatics Reviewer: MaryJane 5 Stars I've seen the future and it's Thanatics. Literally. It's about weird death politics in the future where the plan is to kill off the population in order to save the earth. This starts a suicide art cult that originates in San Francisco. Narrated with killer rock song after killer rock song. I don't know where these guys came from but it was take-this-shit-on-the-road good...or find-find-a-producer good. The cast, both the dudes and the chicks, are hot and uber-talented. The music is like Queen meets Bowie meets Alice in Chains. I'd like to see a longer version where they could really let it breathe a little...it's very fast paced...which I guess is good for the Fringe. I highly recommend this show! Play: Thanatics -- A Rock Opera Reviewer: J. Weissman 5 Stars A Must See for anyone liking a show that's got great music, great performances, good staging and a fast paced fun filled story. Hopefully Keith Haddock writes more like this and becomes a moving force in Musical Theater & Film. The Ravens are stellar. The direction is lean. Move over Hedgwig. Play: Thanatics - a Rock Opera Reviewer: Ivan C. 5 Stars What more could you ask for? K.S. Haddock's dark comedy brings excellent music, a good story and plenty of laughs. The cast is very talented and a couple are gifted with positively beautiful voices! See it. Play: thanatics(?) Reviewer: Lemmie 5 Stars What a trippy show! Nonstop music and a cool relevant premise (suicide artists from the future!). So much going on. Ambitious but amazingly pulls it off. Definitely see this show. Play: thanatics Reviewer: Bryan McKeon 4 Stars These people are pretty talented. Almost everyone in the show sings and plays something. The plot was a bit hard to follow sometimes. The music was really cool.