Review: FRIGID NY Festival 2022: "Are You Lovin' It?" (The Answer Is Yes)
Are You Lovin' It? Written by Theatre Group GUMBO Directed by Kayo Tamura Presented at The Kraine Theater 85 E 4th St., Manhattan, NYC February 16-March 6, 2022 Kayo Tamura and Ryo Nishihara. Photo by Sue Brenner Are You Lovin' It? coats the dystopia of corporate globalization in brightly colored fun, a coincidence of method and message in a show that delivers absurdism and satire with anarchic energy. From award-winning Osaka-based Theatre Group GUMBO, which was established by director Kayo Tamura in 1994 and began touring internationally in 1997, Are You Lovin' It? serves up a vision of fast-food imperialism in which Happy Meal toys are distributed based on the essence of one's being and you really don't want to know what's in that burger patty–and makes it hilarious. Are You Lovin' It? is currently playing as part of FRIGID New York's 16th annual festival, in which one hundred percent of the proceeds go to the artists. For a full schedule of ...