Here Lies Love at The Public Theater

The New York Times - Recommended

"..."Here Lies Love," the exciting poperetta conceived by the musician (and former Talking Head) David Byrne, sets a new standard for audience participation. Or do I mean coercion? In this heady show about the heady life of Mrs. Marcos - which has been staged with infinite inventiveness by Alex Timbers and one of the hardest-working tech crews in town - all the world's a dance floor, and all the men and women merely disco rats."

NY Daily News - Recommended

"...Director Alex Timbers' ingenious staging puts the audience in the middle the action. Be ready to move and groove with the ace ensemble led by Jose Llana as Ferdinand Marcos, Conrad Ricamora as Ninoy Aquino and the incandescent Ruthie Ann Miles as the Philippine First Lady."

amNY - Recommended

"..."Here Lies Love" remains as exciting and elaborate as before. Its young, ethnic flavored cast is fantastic. But one can't help but wonder whether its staging concept actually overshadows and upends everything else. Did its creators think the material itself was too thin to work without it?"

NBC New York - Recommended

"...Byrne's music is fantastic, and if you're a fan, you should see "Here Lies Love" just to hear new songs coming to life in a special way. The figures in "Here Lies Love" aren't entirely black and white. Byrne steers Imelda Marcos far away from caricature, and we're never quite sure if Ninoy Aquino is the man of the people he claims to be. There's really only one clear group you're supposed to be rooting for here: the Filipino people."

Talkin Broadway - Somewhat Recommended

"...So tread lightly, if you tread at all, back to the Millennium. Wait, sorry, that's technically only the club-within-the-play that's used as the unifying and energizing concept of Here Lies Love, the musical by David Byrne (concept and lyrics) and Fatboy Slim (music) that just reopened at The Public Theater following a triumphant run there last summer. But at this fast-forward evening, you won't be able to separate the disco from the drama, partly because you're intimately entangled in both and partly because this sumptuous-looking but wafer-thin outing would otherwise fall apart. "