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Musicals based on cartoon characters are nothing new, think of what Broadway would be without "ANNIE", "Lil' Abner", "Spiderman", "Addams Family" and the grand-daddy, "You're a Good Man Man, Charlie Brown".
So I had high expectations for ACT's Mr. Burns, a Post-electric play. The show is based off an episode of the Simpsons called 'Cape Feare', a parody of the classic film, 'Cape Fear'. What you get is a post-apocalyptic world of 7 characters surviving without electricity by re-enacting classic Simpsons episodes. Why the Simpsons? Who knows, maybe it will last forever! The best part of Act 1 was the character of Gibson (the FAB, Adam Standley, most recently reviewed in John Baxter) who wants to join the group of survivors. This where you feel like you are really in an episode of that NBC (Now defunct) post-apocalyptic drama, "Revolution". The set was something you would see in a college production and was not entertained. Hey, Don't get me wrong there were some funny moments and singing occurred but in Acapella!
