No Place to Go
Matthew Murray
March 21, 2012: Emblazoned on the cover of the program for No Place to Go, the new concert-musical playing at Joe's Pub through April 8, are the words "This is for the 100%." If that statement carries with it the implication of incendiary activism along the lines of Occupy Wall Street, Ethan Lipton's show never lets on. Rather than dwelling on platitudes and catch phrases about class warfare, it's too busy living up to the letter of that line, finding in the all-too-common experience of losing your job — or, depending on how you see things, abandoning it — feelings of emptiness, confusion, and betrayal that anyone can understand. Especially these days.
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