Oh my Lord. I don’t have the words, really, for this one. So Psittacus Productions’ “Cyclops: A Rock Opera,” is basically a rock musical re-imagining of Euripides’ “The Cyclops” featuring a Silenus, frontman of his rock band known as “The Satyrs” dressed in furry chaps, an Odysseus who looks more like Zac Efron than an Epic Hero, and an overall theme of Goth meets Kitsch. I am honestly so confused as to whether or not these ideas could even work onstage? Nevertheless, it sounds fascinating and dangerous and maybe a little frightening, too. The show runs at the Pasadena Playhouse until May 8
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