{"id":151671,"date":"2026-03-03T22:40:24","date_gmt":"2026-03-03T22:40:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/151671\/"},"modified":"2026-03-03T22:40:24","modified_gmt":"2026-03-03T22:40:24","slug":"night-side-songs-opens-off-broadway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/151671\/","title":{"rendered":"NIGHT SIDE SONGS Opens Off-Broadway"},"content":{"rendered":"

Lincoln Center Theater<\/a>\u00a0is presenting the new musical Night Side Songs, written by duo, The Lazours<\/a> who are reuniting with Lortel and Obie Award-winning director Taibi Magar<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Night Side Songs, now officially open at LCT3\u2019s Claire Tow Theater, stars Robin de Jes\u00fas as \u2018Player 2, Dr. Verlaine,\u2019 Brooke Ishibashi<\/a> as \u2018Player 4, Yasmine,\u2019 Jonathan Raviv<\/a> as \u2018Player 3, Frank,\u2019 Kris Saint-Louis<\/a> as \u2018Player 1, Nurse Isaac.\u2019 and Mary Testa<\/a> as \u2018 Player 5, Desir\u00e9e.\u2019<\/p>\n

The creative team for Night Side Songs includes Alex Bechtel (Music Direction), Matt Saunders<\/a> (Set Design), Jason Goodwin (Costume Design), Amith Chandrashaker<\/a> (Lighting Design), Justin Stasiw<\/a> (Sound Design), Taylor Williams<\/a> and The Telsey Office<\/a> (Casting), and Elizabeth Emanuel<\/a> (Stage Manager), with the score developed with Madeline Benson<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Night Side Songs is a transformative new musical that gathers us in the space where life shifts, suddenly and irrevocably, and asks how we move through it. See what the critics are saying….<\/p>\n

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\n David Finkle, New York Stage Review:<\/a> Night Side Songs can assuredly boast of a stalwart cast, directed by deft Lazours collaborator Taibi Magar. Among them there\u2019s one particularly accomplished member. Three-time Tony nominee (and multiple prize-winner elsewhere) Testa is at her best, as she always is. Just wait for her to go to town on \u201cMy Stuff,\u201d the Lazours\u2019 gritty second hot number. Any production is lucky to have this incomparable vet on board.
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\nThere\u2019s no denying that the Lazours had something substantial in their sights. Too bad they don\u2019t quite hit their target squarely.<\/p>\n

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\n Kyle Turner, New York Theatre Guide :<\/a> Although Night Side Songs\u2019s lyrics intermittently disappoint in their ungainliness, the show\u2019s overall effect is impressive nonetheless. There\u2019s a sense of communion the show reaches for and nearly achieves, as if sickness and suffering, as despairing as they can be to experience, are part of an infinite cycle of being taken care of and caring for others. Like time is composed of people by each other\u2019s bedsides for eternity.<\/p>\n

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\n \"ReviewMatthew Wexler, 1 Minute Critic:<\/a> Night Side Songs, the new musical by sibling writer duo the Lazours, wears its heart on its sleeve. And nubby sweater. And hospital gown. But for all its earnestness and yearning for connectivity, this song cycle about life, illness (what Susan Sontag called \u201cthe night side of life\u201d), and death flatlines.<\/p>\n

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\n Jonathan Mandell, New York Theatre:<\/a> Patrick Lazour and Daniel Lazour, the brother songwriting team who call themselves The Lazours, have composed twelve songs for their show. Eight of them have a choral part for the audience; the cast members hand out a booklet with our parts, and Robin de Jes\u00fas serves as our choral director for the refrains, while one or more of the other cast members sing the verses, accompanied by Kris Saint-Louis on guitar and Alex Bechtel on piano.
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\nMost of the songs have generic lyrics. This doesn\u2019t necessarily make them less powerful. It was terribly moving to sing, over and over again (after Yasmine learns of the results of a biopsy)<\/p>\n

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\n Tim Teeman , TimeOut New York:<\/a> The subject matter may be challenging, especially if it elicits memories of your own loved ones\u2019 struggles, but the nature of Night Side Songs ensures that it isn\u2019t lonely. In those aforementioned instances of collective singing\u2014about loss, endurance, happiness and care\u2014the show movingly enacts how sharing hard experiences can be a powerful tool for togetherness, learning and healing. For a few precious minutes, we\u2019re on the same side.<\/p>\n

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\n Randall David Cook, The Recs:<\/a> Director Taibi Magar successfully creates a warm environment for this show that asks its audience to confront the coldest of human realities and to do it together. In a world that currently often feels so divided, Night Side Songs leans into the great, final commonality.
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\n Deb Miller, DC Theater Arts:<\/a> While the inescapably weighty themes addressed in Night Side Songs are common to all of us, there\u2019s a trigger warning that \u201cviewer discretion is advised as the subject matter explores emotional and sensitive topics\u201d and the \u201cperformance contains descriptions of medical procedures, cancer treatments, caregiving; dramatizations of loss and mortality; strong language,\u201d and some might find it overwhelmingly heartrending and tear-inducing. But the intent is to offer a fully cathartic and unifying look at the power of music, theater, and community to help heal what we can\u2019t change, with the realization that we\u2019re all in it together.<\/p>\n

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Average Rating:
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