Critic’s Pick: Review: The Human Voice Versus The Internet In ‘octet’

BEN BRANTLEY, NY Times: Theater
Sun, 05/19/2019 - 6:45pm

In Dave Malloy’s ravishing new a cappella chamber musical, members of an addiction support group compare notes on getting lost in the web.

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