It flopped on the Great White Way, but BoHo Theatre's production finds the heart in this musical about tall tales and father-son relationships.
Based on Daniel Wallace's 1998 novel and Tim Burton's 2003 screen adaptation (screenplay by John August), Big Fish is a beguiling if paradoxical musical (book by August, songs by Andrew Lippa), at once larger than life and smaller, the kind of show that features a protagonist who loves to talk big, embellishing his autobiography with tales of giants and witches and werewolves, but still finds time to move us with quieter drama of everyday life. The show feels tailor-made for an intimate space like the Greenhouse, where the production's five-piece orchestra is right at the center of the stage and the actors are so close you could touch them.…
It flopped on the Great White Way, but BoHo Theatre's production finds the heart in this musical about tall tales and father-son relationships.
Based on Daniel Wallace's 1998 novel and Tim Burton's 2003 screen adaptation (screenplay by John August), Big Fish is a beguiling if paradoxical musical (book by August, songs by Andrew Lippa), at once larger than life and smaller, the kind of show that features a protagonist who loves to talk big, embellishing his autobiography with tales of giants and witches and werewolves, but still finds time to move us with quieter drama of everyday life. The show feels tailor-made for an intimate space like the Greenhouse, where the production's five-piece orchestra is right at the center of the stage and the actors are so close you could touch them.…