Review: Dave Malloy’s Octet at Raven Theatre is Delightfully Analog

Though it’s a musical about a support group for internet addicts, Dave Molloy’s Octet is delightfully analog. And that’s precisely the point �' Molloy’s musical invites audiences to look away from their screens and lean into this intimate, inventive, and fully a cappella show. Molloy (perhaps best known for Natasha, Pierre, and the Great Comet of 1812) has written the kind of show that gives me hope for the future of new musicals. Octet is timely, creative, often funny �' and truly, wholly original. And based on the recent news about the forthcoming movie musical directed by Lin-Manuel Miranda, it has commercial legs.

_Originally reported by [BroadwayWorld](https://www.broadwayworld.com/chicago/article/Review-OCTET-at-Raven-Theatre-20260508)._