The Craziest Musical of the Year Is Finally Here

“The energy I’ve used to be a showman, is: ‘Fuck, this is the biggest bluff ever, people are going to find out in the next three seconds…’” That’s how the British popstar Robbie Williams once described his attitude towards performing. “They’re going to find out! Move! Keep moving! Do some stuff! Do some stuff!” Williams said this around 2016, well into a discography that had already endured several waves of mega-superstardom. His words speak to an anxious, ongoing need not just to entertain...