BLOODY BLOODY ANDREW JACKSON A REVIEW

It's hard to talk about a show that is creative,has good things in it,and makes it's points intellegently but winds up being [ to me anyway] unsatisfying. This is the case with the new rock musical " Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson".
The problem might be due to the fact that rock musicals have never been my cup of tea. Far too often I have gone to these exibits and my senses have been assaulted by unmelodic ear-shattering music and idiotic lyrics.
This latest example at least has creative minds behind it. It redefines America's controversial seventh president. This is the man who invented the Democratic Party, drove the Indians west and doubled the size of our nation. The show was written [book ] and directed by Alex Timbers and he has an inventive mind and a fair degree of intellegence,but political satire is hard to bring off for a whole evening and the irreverence in the treatment of the subject gets way out of hand long before the evening is over. The music and lyrics are by Michael Friedman and here too there is evedence of talent but his work is hard to judge when the sound design is so loud that intellegent judjement is impossible.
The cast works hard and Benjamin Walker is most engaging in the title role. Donyale Werle's set is all over the house and seems to be needlesly cluttered.
In short, "Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson" is not to my taste but it's authors show talent and invention and this show should satisfy a fair amount of the crowd that attends the theatre these days.
Go and decide for yourself.
At THE BERNARD B. JACOBS THEATRE 242 WEST 45th STREET N.Y.C.