The End
The End
A post-apocalyptic story about a rich family living in a salt mine converted into a luxurious home. The earth around them has apparently been destroyed, but their son has never seen the outside world. As a young girl appears at the entrance of the bunker, the balance of the family is threatened.
Kevin Ward reviewedJuly 1, 2025
Oppressively long with no propulsive engine to drive the characters forward, no discernible catharsis we’re building towards. It’s a post apocalyptic future where the family of an energy tycoon lives holed up in their luxurious bunker where they endlessly ponder their hollow existence. At times racked with survivors guilt, other times they spend revising their history and perpetuating the denialism that they played any role in the downfall of human kind. The fact that I didn’t know this was a 2.5 hour musical going into this certainly didn’t do it any favors. But that wasn’t the reason I disliked this. The musical numbers are bland, and tend to all sound the same. There’s scarce little choreography or movement in the musical numbers. That’s a shame too, because the sets are rather good looking and could have been fun to see some cleverly choreographed numbers that utilized the full space. While I love the cast, in theory, the only one that really has the voice to pull off the musical numbers is Moses Ingram. Tilda Swinton, Michael Shannon, and George McKay were just ok. They could carry the tune but there was no power behind any of their vocals. Incredibly disappointing. Appreciate the ambition, but this was such a slog to get through.