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`Rashomon' as a musical? He sees it.
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THEATER
It's not every musical that can trace its origins to a screening
of a classic Japanese movie at a Kenmore Square revival house a
quarter century ago. Then again, "See What I Wanna See" isn't just
any musical.
"See," which runs at the Lyric Stage Company through Feb. 23, is a
Michael John LaChiusa musical, which has almost become its own
category in contemporary American theater. The dictionary entry would
read: "`Michael John LaChiusa musical,' n., a daring, unpredictable,
genre-challenging stage work with songs, its source often highly
literary; see also `Stephen Sondheim musical."'
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