Unholy Moses.

• Author: Fisher, Anthony
• Position: Robert Moses, subject of rock musical 'BLDZR: The Gospel According to Moses' - Briefly Noted - Brief article - Theater review

BLDZR: The Gospel According to Moses is a new well-intentioned but overly simplistic off-off-Broadway rock musical in the tradition of Rent. It dramatizes the rise and fall of New York "power broker" Robert Moses, who for decades was the nation's most influential unelected official.

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Moses reshaped New York (state and city) by building beaches, parks, and highways. But he destroyed many neighborhoods to achieve his grand vision. The protagonist's foil is writer and community activist Jane Jacobs, frequently credited with ending Moses' grip on power when he tried and failed to build an expressway through her beloved...