If you’re like us, when you hear “Robert Moses Rock Musical,” you drop everything and go check out the preview. BLDZR is that musical, which had its debut last night at Manhattan’s Triad Theater on West 72nd Street. David Driver, an original RENT cast member is Robert Moses and the musical is written by Peter Galperin. If there was a way to put a new spin on the Robert Moses/Jane Jacobs dialectic, this is it, and we have to say, it’s supremely entertaining.
In the introduction, Galperin reminded the audience that Robert Moses, an unelected official, presided over New York City for 45 years. His tenure as head of numerous commissions, most notably the Triborough Bridge Authority, lasted through six governors and five mayors. And, as Galperin points out, “not $1 went to mass transit.” Yet, the urban world we live in today, said Galperin, was created by Robert Moses.
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