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Edge Boston interview with Lea DeLaria, who plays Force in Prometheus Bound.

“A raucous riff…truly grounded in recognizable human emotion…” – Boston.com

“Pitched to a deafening roar, Prometheus Bound — the latest genre-mashing musical masterminded by American Repertory Theatre artistic director Diane Paulus — is clearly geared to the clubbing crowd, young would-be rebels who may have missed out on the punk phenomenon but appreciate its style and spirit.” – TheaterMania

“This new adaptation solves Prometheus’s stasis problem by adding a propulsive rock score that, in addition to assaulting the eardrums, unchains the play and drives it forward.” – The Boston Phoenix

“A new production of ‘Prometheus Bound’ at the American Repertory Theater in Cambridge, Mass. takes the 2,500 year-old Greek play ‘Prometheus Bound,’ and gives it a rock spin.” – wbur.org

“In Aeschylus’ ‘Prometheus Bound’ the title character is punished for stealing fire and giving it to humans. For the playwright Steven Sater the idea of having one’s life altered by flames is intensely personal.” – The New York Times

“With its producing partner Amnesty International, Prometheus Bound is on an important mission: to galvanize audiences into realizing that oppression and torture of any kind is intolerable.” – The Arts Fuse

“‘Prometheus Bound’ rocks hard…. What makes it a rousing success is that neither rock nor theater is shunted. Touching and thought-provoking.” – EDGE Boston

In Prometheus Bound, “(Paulus) creates an immersive experience (the music helps this, too) that’s both suggestively fanciful and starkly simplified. You feel like you’re in some other world of gods and titans, but you can also just listen to a man on the stage defiantly condemning a despot.” – Weekly Dig

“Propelled by a lean script and cut-to-the-quick lyrics by Steve Sater and an angst-filled score by Serj Tankian, this world preem hits the zeitgeist jackpot.” – Variety

“Metal man Tankian writes rock score for Greek tragedy.” -The Boston Herald

“Benson has created a fascinatingly theatrical experience that skillfully blends sound and vision.  Thanks to Benson’s clear-eyed vision, the core of the story that she wants to tell comes through loud and clear.” -TAB COMMUNITY NEWSPAPERS