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It makes for a fun night out, particularly for audience members who opt for standing-room tickets and see the show unfold around them, as director Jenny Koons uses Oberon’s flexible space to good advantage.

[Burn All Night has] an engaging score that makes one feel like dancing… and a cast of performers who are always entertaining to watch.

Indeed, life is imitating art in more ways than one with “Burn All Night.” Mientus’s initial inspiration for the show — about a group of hard-partying Manhattan millennials facing the prospect of adulthood and the possible end of the world while delving deep into the night life — was drawn from his own experiences after first moving to New York.

Mientus collaborated with the Brooklyn-based Teen Commandments on the new musical, starting this week at the American Repertory Theater.

It takes a while to learn the craft of writing a play. The first effort by any playwright usually ends up in a cardboard box in the attic, or in the shredder. Andy Mientus’ first play will wind up at the American Repertory Theater in Cambridge.

Harvard sophomore in ‘Burn All Night’ doesn’t have to choose.

I was tired when I walked in and fired up when I left. The show is propelled by ingenious direction and up to the minute choreography.

Though an escape, “Burn All Night” is a very of-the-moment piece. The most vivid parallels exist between our imploding political situation and uncertain environmental future and the apocalyptic tune of the show.

There’s much fun to be had in its current iteration, which has catchy, pop-synthed songs beautifully sung by the company and a staging that can’t help but bring the audience into the action.

Powered by an upbeat synthpop score that features a few numbers that sound like they were snatched from 80’s teen movies like “Weird Science” or cult favorite “Better Off Dead”, “Burn All Night” rocks out pretty well overall.

They set out to tell a story about a bunch of young New Yorkers, anxious about a potential apocalypse, but partying and coupling in the shadow of impending doom. So, why not tell the story in the setting of a dance club, using the kind of music that the kids would dance to in such a club.