Review: Bousman/Zdunich’s ‘The Devil’s Carnival’ One Hell of a Night

The stage is set, the curtain lifts, and director Darren Bousman and writer Terrance Zdunich have graced us with another twisted yarn of dark ideals in fantastic worlds set to some seriously catchy songs. The Devil’s Carnival isn’t set in a sci-fi world like Repo! The Genetic Opera, the duo’s first trek into ambitious, musical fables, rather the underworld, the depths where sinners lie. Call it Hell. Their conceit is hefty, their execution is moodily carried off, and The Devil’s Carnival becomes a tale even more giddy in tone yet grim with its underpinning than Repo! With an added pre-shows as part of the road show events, it’s an experience not to be missed. Explored through three stories, three newly arrived sinners, the Hell that Bousman and Zdunich have crafted is an old fashioned carnival, barker and all. Demons make up the carnival workers, the sideshow freaks, and the circus performers …