Rachel Bloom's hit TV show "Crazy Ex Girlfriend" brought her to wide attention - a contempory romcom with a strong musical background, it featured Bloom frequently singing songs about modern issues in lust, love, and professional womanhood. With songs like "Let's generalize about men", "the sexy getting ready song" and "I have friends", she took a hilarious modern woman's approach to a genre that could be simplistic and reductive, and delighted a cult audience.
Now, in her first solo show since Covid, she claims she's going to just do a light fluffy show full of silly pleasant songs. But as the ttile suggests, more is going on here, as some of her experiences from the last few years refuse to be carefully packaged away in joke form.
This is definately a solo comedy show with a few twists in its tail, and it's difficult to realy get into the meat of the show without giving away some of these twists. But it's not a spoiler to say, yes, some of the show does involve dealing with how a young aetheist deals with the spectre of death as part of life, given personal losses and the potential for further losses. It rounds out into a conclusion that is simultaneously ridiculous and deeply moving, and Bloom performs throughout in a style that is simultaneously welcoming and completely controlling of the evening. It's a deeply personal show, heartfelt and honest, and is performed immaculately throughout. If ever she tours anywhere near where you are, catch her, she's charming, delightful, intelligent and witty.
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