Burning Man: The Musical

I've been following this project since the YouTube trailer that was posted in 2015. With high hopes I settled into streaming the 2021 full-length musical and within minutes quickly realized I was in for 90 minutes of utter disappointment.

Every aspect of this production technically and creatively was a flop. From mediocre singing, overuse of low quality and distracting special effects, and a script that may as well have been written by a lame AI bot trained by mainstream clickbait articles about Burning Man (shirtcocker, sparkle pony, tech CEO, orgy dome), this was a huge bummer and honestly a waste of resources.

After seeing the 2015 trailer, I was fully prepared for an inaccurate stereotypical representation of the BM event, but at least it looked fun? I'm all for a silly musical that doesn't take itself too seriously, but the final product was cringeworthy and exhausting. I was excited for this, but in place of high quality singing and clever songs, we got a watered down mess filled with low quality audio, jokes that didn't land, and worse versions of the songs from the 2015 trailer.

Beyond the inaccurate cliches that are representative of the Burning Man event, this project that has been in development for 6 years was just plain boring. The cast and crew had a chance to make something funny, endearing, and creative, and instead we were left with a bad taste in our mouth and 90 minutes of our lives we will never get back. Shame on all those involved.