If you could be any kind of dead person, what kind would you be? Spoiler: you want to be a ghost, the kind that goes “hoo hoo hoo all night long.” So says the lyrics in “Any Kind of Dead Person”, one of the many catchy tunes in Oakland Theater Project and New Performance Tradition’s production of Dave Malloy’s “Ghost Quartet”.Monica Rose Slater in “Ghost Quartet”. Photo by Ben Krantz Studio for Oakland Theater Project and New Performance Traditions.The show is an intoxicating, musical ride through a series of circular stories that span several centuries that include a splash of Edgar Allen Poe, a bear, a pair of sisters, and a deep admiration for whisky. A cozy living room greets us as we walk on to director William Thomas Hodgson’s set to our seats. Musical instruments line the “room” around a thoughtfully placed fireplace in the center. Lamps and faded carpets put me in mind of a beloved elder relative’s home.
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