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| "Starship" album cover. |
Another musical from the wonderful and talented bunch of Starkid Productions. For the first time in my life, I wish I lived in Chicago. This musical is called "Starship" and was written by
Matt Lang,
Nick Lang,
Brian Holden, and
Joseph Walker.
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| "Starship" poster. |
"Starship" centers around the life of Bug, an unusual bug who lives in a hive where everybody is given a job that is decided by the Overqueen of the hive and they have to do their job for the good of the hive. Bug wishes more than anything to become a nobel Starship Ranger. The Overqueen places him in the Hatchery, where he shoves eggs in living mammals chests. Through luck (or is it?) Bug finds an unconscious Starship Ranger named February in the Hatchery and proceeds to help her find her way back to her spaceship. Bug is almost killed for his betrayal of the hive's safety for letting the ranger go, but his friend Roach, who happens to be the Overqueen's new lover, saves him.
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Joey Richter (R) and
Dylan Saunders kick it up a notch. |
A bug named Pincer that happens to live on the same planet as the hive hears of Bug's plight and wishes to help him find a way to bring the humans back to the planet, surely just out of the kindness of his heart and not out of the groaning of his stomach for human brains. Then Bug is given a human body which he can control psychically. Bug joins the humans on their ship and all sorts of shenanigans happen henceforth.
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| Brant Cox as Roach. |
I'm sorry, I can't put anymore than that without ruining the story for everybody, but you get the idea. Lots of love and acceptance and overcoming the evils of an intergalactic force. Oh...did I mention there's puppets? Yeah, it's pretty awesome!
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From left to right: Joe Moses, Lauren Lopez,
Joseph Walker, Dylan Saunders, and Julia Albain. |
The story took up a lot of time on this musical. But it was a remarkable and very humorous production. I would've gladly shelled out money to watch this live, although the quality of the Youtube videos simply can't be beat. The bad guys were fantastically evil. I loved the rip on "That G. L. E. E.! Always making crazy adaptations of everything!"
There wasn't as much singing in this one (there was a lot of story to go through). But what was there was excellent! Particularly, "Kick It Up A Notch" sung by Dylan Saunders, Brian Holden, and Jaime-Lyn Beatty. "I Wanna Be" was a great way to open the show. "Hideous Creatures" was a funny way of showing how both species view each other. "Beauty" was wonderful and reminded me a lot of Disney's "The Lion King".
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| Lauren Lopez on Joseph Walker. |
The actors were the usual suspects:
Joey Richter as Bug,
Denise Donovan as February,
Dylan Saunders as Pincer and Tootsie-Noodles,
Lauren Lopez as ass-kicking Taz and lovesick Bugette,
Brian Holden as Junior, and
Joseph Walker as Up,
Brant Cox as Roach, and
Megan Stephlen as Mega-Girl. The musical also starred
Julia Albain,
Joe Moses,
Jim Povolo, and
Jamie-Lyn Beatty.
I gave this show a 4.5 out of 5. I would've liked more singing, but that would've made the show way too long so understandably they put humor instead. I liked this one a lot.
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