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Vampire Pop Opera 'Blood/Love' Opens Off-Broadway to Upbeat Early Reviews

The immersive, concert-style production favors high-energy music, choreography, technical spectacle over dense narrative.

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.