Review: Murder Ballad Murder Mystery at the Vortex Theatre

Courtesy Austinist  Thu, 10/29/2009 - 1:50pm

mb.jpg Remember that part in Jurassic Park when Ian What's-His-Fuck says something along the lines of, "They were so busy thinking about whether they could.

No one stopped to think whether or not they should "? Murder Ballad Murder Mystery is like Jurassic Park sans dinosaurs and coherent narrative (right down to the theme of dead things being resurrected).

Oh, it's visually stunning, resourceful, raucous, and joyous theatre-making, but there are clearly ill-conceived aspects to...



 

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