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NPR

You can immerse yourself — literally — in this Broadway show

Here Lies Lovewith a score by David Byrne and Fatboy Slim, literally turns the Broadway Theatre into a disco, with many members of the audience on the dance floor, surrounded by the actors.

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CBS News

Here Lies Love,” the Imelda Marcos dance-pop musical

She was the wife of President Ferdinand Marcos, under whom martial law was imposed in the Philippines, until their rule was ended by a “People Power” revolution in 1986, when Imelda and Ferdinand Marcos were forced into exile in the U.S.

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The New York Times

For Filipino Audiences, Here Lies Love Offers Emotional Rip Currents

The disco balls were spinning, the club music was pulsing, and on the dance floor, several Filipino audience members were near tears.

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Entertainment Weekly

Conrad Ricamora takes us through a first look at Here Lies Love and the first all-Filipino cast on Broadway

The show, which is based on a concept album by David Byrne and Fatboy Slim, chronicles the life of Imelda Marcos and the unfolding of her life as first lady of the Philippines under the abusive Marcos regime.

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Vulture

Out With the Velvet Seats, in With the Dance Floor How one show got a theater to transform itself into a disco.

For years, scenic designer David Korins and director Alex Timbers thought it would be impossible to bring Here Lies Love to Broadway.