BEDBUGS  at  the  Arclight  Theatre

(Seen  October 26, 2014)


I saw this show at a performance which co-incidentally co-insided with the Comic Con Convention in New York.  Those patrons would have loved and related to this musical fantasy, which has a comic book/graphic novel approach.

Creators Paul Leschen and Fred Sauter take us into a world where the bedbugs were seemingly rampant in 1989 New York City.  Led by the leader of the bedbug hordes, they want to kill all those New Yorkers who stand in their way.  They are opposed by a singularly dedicated scientist who is equally intent in finding a chemical solution to destroy all the bedbugs.

Flash forward to contemporary NYC, and the struggle still persists, 
with the bedbugs seemingly being more successful than the humans.  Enter romance, with the male leader bedbug and the female scientist falling in love!  But the struggle goes on.

The ensemble cast seems to inhabit their roles and the material, with relish and fervor.  Although this is totally not my personal vision of musical theatre, the audience was overwhelming in its' approval.