He tells us a story about how a song he wrote – "Everybody's Coming to My House" – sounds like it's an invitation for the houseguests to leave when he sings it, but sounds like a call for company in the hands (and voice) of someone else. He tells us a story about using the money from his first record contract to buy a TV. We hang on his words, both spoken and sung. He has a charming, goofy energy – he seems nervous, yet in complete control.
Through it all, Byrne and company perform songs, some from Byrne's Talking Head's days. The result is an experience that feels like many things: a revival meeting a pep-rally a museum installation come to life an interpretive dance class a nonsense poetry reading and, of course, a concert – on more than one occasion, the Broadway audience is out of their chairs and on their feet.
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The show starts with Byrne, but little by little, more of the performers – all of whom are wearing the same gray-blue suit as Byrne – filter in and join him in the festivities, inhabiting a stage flanked by a chainlink wall that has the ability to resemble falling water or a flickering TV screen. Unapologetically nerdy and exploding with weird-yet-positive vibes, American Utopia has Byrne and 11 musicians take control of the Hudson Theatre and go wild. Calling it "feel-good" feels corny, and also isn't quite right.
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