by Robyn Lester
Sometimes the story isn’t what we’ve been told. That seems to be the prevailing theme in The Vanity Project, a musical retelling of the story of Narcissus. A musical retelling that also tries to warn us against the risks of being too pre-occupied with ourselves. A pertinent message given today’s cultural trend towards announcing everything we do.
There are two things working against me as I write this review. For starters, I’ve never reviewed a musical. Second, the majority of musicals I’ve been exposed to have all been high-budget Broadway productions. So I had to keep my expectations in check while watching Tim Oberholzer’s musical.
