Superfluities Redux
On culture and theatre, by George Hunka
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Sunday, 24 February 2008
Winter's finally caught up to the theatre season, and things are slowing down just a bit -- as they'd have to, given the past few months. But here is a highly selective, prejudiced look at the theatrical week or two ahead:
The New York Theatre Workshop has been having a splendid season, what with Ivo van Hove's Misanthrope and JoAnne Akalaitis' Beckett Shorts; they come stateside with their next production, Jessica Blank and April Yvette Thompson's Liberty City, which begins performances this month. Ms. Blank directs Ms. Thompson in this one-woman show, an autobiographical multi-character monologue about the history of her family: "Part history, part imagination, Liberty City is [Thompson's] personal story that illuminates the lives of one family through the context of social, cultural and political events" of the last four decades. More information at the play's Web site; it runs through 16 March. Lucky readers of Superfluities Redux can take advantage of a discount code, LCBLG88, when they buy their tickets through the Web at BroadwayOffers or by phone at 212.947.8844 -- you'll get $20.00 off the regular price of $45.00.
Untitled Theater Company #61, which has produced ambitious festivals of the plays of Eugene Ionesco and Vaclav Havel over the past few years, unveils its latest productions this month, with two plays running in repertory. Cat's Cradle is a calypso musical based on the novel by Kurt Vonnegut, adapted and directed by UTC's artistic director Edward Einhorn, with music by Henry Akona; Hiroshima: Crucible of Light examines the creation of the atomic bomb. Both plays are running at Walkerspace, 46 Walker Street, through 15 March. Tickets and information for Cat's Cradle through Theatermania here; those for Hiroshima: Crucible of Light here.
Our friend Ken Urban slips into town with a new play, The Happy Sad, written for the Flea Theater's Bats company, beginning previews on 6 March. Ken's first musical, a comic one-acter about New Yorkers who "make unfortunate choices about love and sex," runs on the same program as Tommy Smith's The Break-Up. Both plays are directed by Sherri Kronfeld in the Flea's small downstairs space, and tickets will go fast. To get yours, visit OvationTix, and to learn more about the show, drop by the Flea's Web site.
Posted at 9.29 am in /Openings
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