Ricky Ian Gordon: Ellen West

OPERA
TUESDAY – WEDNESDAY & FRIDAY – SUNDAY, JANUARY 14 – 15 & 17 – 19, 2020
8:00 PM TUESDAY – WEDNESDAY & FRIDAY – SATURDAY
3:00 PM SUNDAY

PROTOTYPE Festival
Gelsey Kirkland Arts Center
29 Jay Street, DUMBO, Brooklyn

TUESDAY BENEFIT:  $65-$150; WEDNESDAY & FRIDAY – SUNDAY $35-$75
http://prototypefestival.org/shows/ellen-west/

An "operatic poem" inspired by one of the earliest cases of existential analysis, showing a woman at war with her body.  I've always found composer Ricky Ian Gordon's music to be too much like Broadway without the tunes — but mine seems to be a minority view.  The two-person cast – Jennifer Zetlan and Nathan Gunn — is pretty starry by this at least formerly alternative festival's standards.

MAKE A NIGHT OF IT:  Attractive Mediterranean food in attractive surroundings at Celestine.