"The Cody Rivers
Show was out of this world--outstanding, absurdist,
experimental theater that paddles above the surface
of the sketch comedy genre. Their payoffs were
rarely immediate and their long scenes often pushed
past the limits of comfort, edging the audience
not towards boredom, but a point of full-on entrancement.
One
piece set to a pulsating and darkened rhythm akin
to the manic dystopia of Edvard Grieg's "In
the Hall of the Mountain King," has the Cody
Rivers duo playing Restaurant with two unsuspecting
audience members in a setting that could have taken
place on the surface of the moon, a research laboratory,
Antarctica, or any number of other desolate locales.
Trained dancers and stage performers Mike Mathieu & Andrew
Connor would look at-home on or off Broadway. And
if a rousing, emotional standing ovation is any
indicator, a dedicated NYC run anywhere near Broadway
should be something for them to consider."
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