Review: THE ETIQUETTE OF DEATH by Martin Denton
The Etiquette of Death, a ginormous pageant about death and dying conceived and created by Chris Tanner, is a collage of voices, scenes and songs, all shaped into a loose book-musical format and performed by a cast of 20 and a 7-member band, with a startlingly lavish and fabulous production design. It's the kind of work--in terms of scale, scope, and style--that could pretty much only be produced at La MaMa these day…