Overview
- Blood/Love opened Off-Broadway March 3 at Theater 555 and plays an extended limited run through May 10.
- The pop-opera is written by Carey Sharpe with music by Grammy nominee Dru DeCaro, and Sharpe stars as Valerie Bloodlove.
- Hunter Bird directs an immersive staging positioned within Off-Broadway’s current wave of experiential productions.
- Early coverage praises the driving pop-rock score, nonstop movement, and sensory design, with TheaterMania calling it “more fun than it has any right to be.”
- Standout notices cite Christopher M. Ramirez’s commanding vocals, Sharpe’s onstage violin work, Brooke Simpson’s showstoppers, and design by Jason Ardizzone-West, Alex and Juli Abene, Japhy Weideman, Jessica Paz, and 59 Studio.