Review: Looking to Burst Some Bubbles, "Metra" Sings the Revolution
Metra: A Climate Revolution Play with Songs Written by Emily and Ned Hartford Directed by Emily Hartford Songs by Ned Hartford Presented by Flux Theatre Ensemble at Abrons Arts Center 466 Grand Street (at Pitt Street), Manhattan, NYC October 28 - November 12, 2022 Metra featuring Rebecca Ana Peña. Photo credit: Isaiah Tanenbaum Anecdotes are not data, etc., etc., but having seen the climate apocalypse play Metra on a humid 75-degree November day certainly did nothing to contradict the urgency of its message. Metra , subtitled A Climate Revolution Play with Songs , looks back in order to look forward, drawing on Greek myth (via Ovid) to imagine paths to revolutionary action in a not-at-all-too-distant and all too plausible future dramatically shaped by climate-related factors such as severe heat, famine, water scarcity, and mass migration. While both that mythic past and imagined future are pretty grim, Metra ultimately advocates against despair, and it deploys an enlivening blend o...