In ‘american (tele)visions,’ the American Dream becomes a nightmare
Welcome to Curtain Call, our mostly queer take on the latest openings on Broadway and beyond.What would happen if WandaVision and Everything Everywhere All At Once converged?
It would be a force to be reckoned with. Similar themes appear in the riveting Off-Broadway premiere of american (tele)visions at New York Theatre Workshop.
Through the story of an undocumented Mexican family, nonbinary Poz Queer Indigenous Mexican playwright Victor I. Cazares and director Rúben Polendo highlight how the American Dream becomes a distorted nightmare.
Through the innovative use of scenic design, projections, and live video feed, american (tele)visions transports audiences into a ‘90s United States where fantasy and reality blur and capitalism guides, provides, and decides who dies.
