PRESS "completely astonishing...passionate...sophisticated" - Anne Bogart
"ANYONE WHO THINKS theater has no new territory to explore should take a look at David Rodwin's solo hyper-opera Virtual Motion."
Rodwin is "clearly an exceptional, inspiring talent...Building on the splendid examples of Meredith Monk, Robert Wilson, Philip Glass, and Rinde Eckert, Rodwin points the way to what opera can become while expressing musically, visually, and dramatically the same complexity and depth of feeling that have always made it great...The result is opera in its fullest sense."
"Delightful...strange, beguiling and finally moving...Rodwin, whose wide-eyed verve as a performer never flags, is onto something here...Bolts of lyrical abandon break through the show's methodical exactitude." "The work is often fascinating and strangely poignant."
Rodwin's performance is "....dazzling...The stage truly belongs to Rodwin....his "hyper-opera" serves as a psychodrama of his own admirable invention, and execution."
"Hypnotizing" Themestreme.com "Go see this astounding performer. Drive a long way if you have to. Take my word for it; the experience will be worth it." 21ST-CENTURY MUSIC "profoundly eclectic... ... hip without ever being pretentious." New Music Connoisseur "What makes it all work is the vulnerable, deeply human feel." Three Weeks "Packed to the seams with singing, rap, dance, some stand up, and even a bit of puppetry." The Scotsman "Catchy...captivating...slick..revealing"
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"Redefining the magic of movie making" "An adrenaline rush!" "The movie musical is not dead - It's become RIPFest" "The Best of the best."
