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The first story about the dinosaurs extinction: Awesome The bismuth bit: Pretty good Reggie Watts: Amazing The Parkinson's ending: Should have been left on the radio. With no real visual elements, and a plethora of stories available about endings, I don't know why they chose to end on that one. They had three screens that just showed some guy in a chair. Not live show material.
very entertaining!! I liked how they still kept the radio-show feeling but still incorporated more visual aspects in the show
I'm a huge Radiolab fan, and was SO excited to see the guys live. Most of the show was fascinating and entertaining. My only complaint (other than the ridiculous line for the women's bathrooms - seriously, 4 or 5 toilets for a venue that size?) is the last act. It was a touching story, but dragged on a little after the energy of the acts prior. And more importantly, for a live show they made very little use of visual elements. Projecting silhouettes of a guy sitting in a chair behind you onto a couple of screens is hardly visually engaging. Overall though, the team was great as usual!
Radio lab live was as great!! Enjoyed it as always. Want to see it again
If you love Radiolab, you would love the live even more! Simply Great!
Radiolab put on a great show, very similar in feel to one of their podcasts. The paramount is amazing looking inside... An absolute treat. But they need more bathrooms and it seems weird that every single person has to be walked to their seats by the slowest lady ever... We waited about the same for our seats (20 people at our door) as we did for the block-long line to get in (hundreds of people - - very efficient)
I love radiolab!!!! Amazing stories and wonderful puppetry and music. Inspiring as usual!
Amazing and riveting show. Reggie Watts was mesmerizing!
An experience for all of your senses. Would definitely recommend this to anyone who enjoys listening to RadioLab.
I have always been an avid listener of Jad and Robert's podcast and was convinced it could not get any better. I was wrong. Their dynamic on stage as well as the incredible guest appearances by Glynn Washington of Snap Judgement, Ira Glass (who needs no introduction), and Reggie Watts made for an explosive show! Best show I've gone to in this last year.
These guys are much better over the radio. There wasn't that much value in seeing them live. The second half of the show didn't not flow well and the stories did not connect well to the theme
If you saw Radiolab's first live show, In The Dark, then you'll notice a slightly different vibe - but not one that takes away from the overall enjoyment. Apocalyptical was missing the in-house crowd sourced event that created a night sky in the theater and was replaced by an online survey that took place before the tour. The result is a bit clunky when Jad laments the outcome of the survey and the whole moment feels like a bit of a let down compared to the active in theater participation of the previous show. The only other wobble stems from the comic guest (Simon Amstell) being thematically off point (even though his participation in one of the segments was great). Otherwise, the show delivered exactly what I expected. The Pilobolus analog in this show was fun and dramatic, the musical scoring was fantastic and the various science and cultural topics covered by Robert and Jad were completely up to par - even though there was a primary "segment" that dominated a majority of the show. That main segment was easily my favorite, but it made the remaining smaller segments feel hammered in to fill time. They may have benefited by being included more organically into the primary segment's theme. Overall, try not to miss Radiolab if they swing through your area. Definitely give the podcast a listen if you've never heard of them. They are giants of the format and it still translates brilliantly to a live show experience.
This show was essentially broken up into three parts. The first story about dinosaur extinction was really fascinating. The second act, Reggie Watts, was just ok. He's entertaining to watch perform and do live looping but it's not my style of music at all. And the final segment, well. I don't find actors talk about acting all that exciting even if is about their own demise. I know our society is enthralled by celebrity, but I think the usually creative folks at radiolab could have come up with a more interesting story about endings than two guys talking about a play they wrote.
I have been listening to RadioLab since its inception and love the show. Its integration of cool audio effects and thought provoking material make it one of my favorites. When I heard about this year's live show I was super excited since I couldn't make it last year. While I thought it was cool to see it in the flesh I honestly felt like there wasn't much more enjoyment than from the podcast. There were some visuals but none of them were compelling enough to warrant the live show. I do recommend this show for big fans of the show if nothing more than to support the great work that Jad and Robert are doing, but if this is not your thing than maybe try the podcast first. Also I do not recommend this as a good date night unless your partner is into sciency type things.
I had pretty high hopes for this event, but ended up extremely bored and letdown. I had come into the show wondering how they would essentially make a radio show into something that was visually worthwhile (but with high hopes for it), and at first it seemed like they were going to do it. The first story included giant moving dinosaurs! However, the visuals quickly dwindled away to such an extend that during the last section, we literally only had a non-moving image of a sitting man to look at for about 40 minutes. Also, their choice of stories for the last section was extremely boring. Very slow and rather depressing—which is fine when I'm listening to this on the radio, but when I pay to come and have a night at the theater, I feel like something a little more lively is in order—especially as your closing piece. Overall disappointing, and I would not recommend this event. My group of friends also were very disappointed, and they were more RadioLab fans than myself.
Imagine taking two of the most interesting, informative people on radio--people who can make an hour fly by and leave you intellectually satisfied--and then make them run the 440 hurdles. Probably not a pretty picture...and neither was this show. Adding a few mulitimedia elements, puppets, and interminable jazz riffs does not "avante garde" make, and I never realized how much my imagination contributed to my enjoyment of Radio Lab. The visuals, projected up on a large screen behind our hosts, WERE informative, but not nearly so much as I've always found their descriptions of the same things. I can't tell you how many times they turned things over to their jazz quartet, and I found myself just drifting off, not caring.
Really fascinating show with impressive and fun visuals, and great supporting musicians. The last 1/2 hour of the show slowed down quite a bit, and ended on a rather somber note, but overall the show was great.
It was a cleverly and well performed, very interesting and mind blowing
The show was entertaining and I enjoyed the whole thing!
I have listened to every show since Radiolab began - this stage show is simply put - boring. It will put you to sleep. There is basically no stage show other than a pretty basic slideshow and a Dino for about 5 minutes. Really poorly planned - incredibly boring. So sad !
