Welcome to “Octet,” the Dave Malloy musical that acutely captures a life lived Too Online. Making its West Coast premiere at the Berkeley Repertory Theatre through May 29, the production ...

Octet” explores internet addiction through a haunting, hopeful a cappella musical at Hudson Valley Shakespeare in Garrison.

Octet, for which he wrote the book, lyrics, music and vocal arrangements, is a thoughtful, if simultaneously overstuffed and underdramatized, exploration of an issue that couldn’t be more relevant.