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‘The End’: The Most Bizarre Musical of the Year Is A-song-calypse Now

Rolling Stone
Story by David Fear
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A bizarre, Sondheim-esque musical about a collective living in extravagance as the world faces its final ecological gasp.
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  • Acclaimed documentary filmmaker Joshua Oppenheimer makes a wild, ambitious foray into experimental musical theater with 'The End'
  • Starring acclaimed actors Michael Shannon and Tilda Swinton, the film is a work of 'profound optimism' that's 'simultaneously tuneful and atonal' in its exploration of the end of the world
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Joshua Oppenheimer, Michael Shannon, Tilda Swinton, The End
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