Theater Alliance’s fire work Laughs and Cries at Capitalism

The dark comedy fire work pulls off an incredible conceit that shapes the whole production, imbuing it with a sense of unease and creating moments that swing between tense and hilarious. This critic wishes she could reveal what it is without spoiling the whole experience for those who see it, but this underpinning is best experienced by going in blind. fire work reveals itself slowly, dribbling information bit by bit. Again and again, the audience starts to get a sense of what’s happening, only for a line of dialogue to cast uncertainty upon or upend what came before it. Dancing right on the line between darkness and comedy and offering some fierce performances, it’s a radical and red-hot reflection on the absurdity of needing to make a living or die trying.

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