POE BOY Literary luminary Edgar Allan Poe has bragging rights to being known as New York’s “first bohemian.” And a part of the city is named in his honor — W. 84th St. between Riverside Drive and Broadway, where he’s said to have written “The Raven” in 1844. That work, and the writer’s out-there experiences, inspire the musical “Nevermore — The Imaginary Life and Mysterious Death of Edgar Allan Poe,” in previews and officially opening Sunday. Images of the show conjure Tim Burton-style dark whimsy. Press notes promise something “beautiful and bizarre, playful and perverse.” That echoes what the enigmatic Poe went through before he died at 40 in 1849 following struggles with addiction, poverty and loss. If it sounds like you’ve heard of “Nevermore” before, a version ran in New York in 2010. New World Stages, 340 W. 50th St. $75-$95; (212) 239-6200. — Joe Dziemianowicz nydailynews/life-style/winter-jam-nyc-central-park-article-1.2088426
Posted on: Fri, 23 Jan 2015 23:58:09 +0000
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