In this bar, the rock is in the gutter, where the rhythms are hard and the pains are as real as the actors can make them, and they make them, up close and personal. ...And Anastacia McCleskey, this tale’s oh-so-unreliable narrator, her rage will make the floor under your seat quake like a heart attack. Murder Ballad is environmental theatre at its best: it surrounds you, it engrosses you, it leaves you thoroughly filled. #review #MurderBallad #Narator #StudioTheatre #DCMetroT

Add to that the unmissable performances: four superb actor-singers (Christine Dwyer as Sara, Anastacia McCleskey as Narrator, Cole Burden as Tom, and Tommar Wilson as Michael) who during the sung-through show move about among the audience, stand on the bar and pool table, and step onto an endstage where there’s a rockin’ band (Yusef Chisholm on bass, Darren R. Cohen on keyboard, Logan Seith on drums, Ben Young on guitar). Shining musical talents one and all, they have been bu

With terrific voices that sweeten the dark edges of Murder Ballad, the four cast members throw themselves into the performance just inches from the audience. The cast includes Christine Dwyer as Sara, a woman with downtown roots and uptown desires; Cole Burden as Tom, the hunk who lights many a fire in the women around him; Tommar Wilson as Michael, the solid, “good-guy” up-town savior and Anastacia McCleskey as the Narrator. Or is McClesky more than that? #review #MurderBall