RED EMMA AND THE MAD MONK is Chosen as a New York Times Critic’s Pick!
RED EMMA AND THE MAD MONK IS CHOSEN AS A NEW YORK TIMES CRITIC'S PICK!!
Review: Besties With Rasputin in ‘Red Emma and the Mad Monk’
By Elisabeth Vincentelli
It’s not uncommon for a 12-year-old girl to have an imaginary friend, but even so, young Addison’s confidant is a little out of the ordinary: Rasputin, the Russian pseudo-monk who became the last czar’s éminence grise before being assassinated in 1916.
As far-fetched as this premise sounds, it makes surreal sense in “Red Emma and the Mad Monk,” an eccentric, scrappy new musical by Alexis Roblan and Teresa Lotz that is part of the Tank’s second annual Lady Fest…