Elliot Cole, center, performing with Roomful of Teeth at the Park Avenue Armory.
Photo Credit: Hiroyuki Ito for The New York Times
My own review of the show:
I saw "Hanuman's Leap" two nights in a row at the Park Avenue Armory. On the first evening when I sat front-row center, the on-stage speakers (used as monitors for the performers) had a tendency to spill sound into the audience space, muddying the clarity of some of the text. I had sat too close to the stage. On the second night I sat further from the stage and Elliot performed from a stance closer to the audience; the acoustics were balanced and clear. Poetic, fresh and fun, it was a performance of heart-pumping exuberance and optimism. Elliot has a keen sense of drama and dynamics, easily soaring through colorful complex passages performed ensemble with pounding volume, and suddenly dropping into delicate solo passages framed in silence. Roomful of Teeth are always an exhilarating and uniquely inspired group of performers, and Elliot proved himself a talented composer, vocalist and stage presence. Congratulations to the ensemble! - dp
