Bicoastal Dee from California just won tickets to the Lower East Side’s longest running and most surreal improv comedy extravaganza Too Much Light Makes the Baby Go Blind. Suggestions from the audience fuel the New York Neo-futurists to perform a breathtaking 30 plays in 60 minutes. Also, Dee and a friend will be able to fuel themselves beforehand at the nearby Heartland Brewery in Union Square with a $50 dinner certificate. Ah, yum! More drawing winners soon.Vindu from Brooklyn just won tickets to Arthur Miller’s The Crucible and told us “I’m a big fan of The Gallery Players—I go often.” We predict he will soon become a big fan of the super scrumptious brownie buddy pack compliments of Sweet Muse. More giveaways soon! |
Mechanically Separated Meat: Frigid NY 2010 20 February 2010 |
Made with no byproducts: Jordan Knoll, Tim Torres and Kristopher Swift in Mechanically Separated Meat at Frigid New York 2010. Photo by Amanda Sage Comerford
Hold onto your imported red Vancouver Olympics mittens. Starting February 24th the Frigid New York winter theater festival takes up residence at the three Horse Trade venues on Manhattan’s Lower East Side. If you’ve been on the slopes for the past several winters you may be unaware that lots of city-bound folk consider Frigid the most free and uncensored fun to be found from any fringe-style event in the five boroughs. How does one choose which shows to attend? Embrace serendipity along with your festival brochure and steer toward the titles that most intrigue you. Still dependent on preshow buzz?
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Com Air: Alex Lyras 19 January 2010 |
“Loss of perspective can be really sad, and it can also be very comical,” says The Common Air performer and co-writer Alex Lyras. Photo by Nick Chakos
As a man who travels between US coasts to secure acting and writing work, co-writer/performer Alex Lyras turns unproductive time into golden opportunities to observe and study the real life characters that sometimes find their way into his plays. His latest is titled The Common Air which he co-wrote with longtime collaborator and friend Robert McCaskill. It takes place in an airport terminal and explores, among other themes, the ways in which some people use rationalization to mask their unfortunate life decisions. We caught Mr. Lyras in the middle of his NYC run that was recently transferred from LA.
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Great Scot! Shelby Playwrights Get Schooled! 12 January 2010 |
Great SCoT actors Nathaniel Kent, Amy Landon, Jocelyn Kuritsky, Jessica Pohly and Brendan Donaldson. Photo by Kellie Fitzgerald
Who helped William Shakespeare develop his gift for writing sonnets and plays? History denies us the details of a master wordsmith who by all appearances arrived onto the London theater scene a full-fledged star. Many theater artists of today are eager to give credit to the teachers and mentors who’ve helped them forge their talent into craft. For example, take NYU Dramatic Writing Program grad Dan Moyer who named his recently founded theater troupe after
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A Radio Star is Born: Tanya O’Debra 07 January 2010 |
Tanya O’Debra: radi-O’diva
For the creator of the new comedy Radio Star, now playing at Horse Trade’s The Red Room, vintage radio detective stories make ideal fodder for stage parody. With canny sound effects and evocative dialog, writer and performer Tanya O’Debra presents a pulped-up world of private dicks, mugs and molls that showcase her versatility as a character actor and her talent for old-timey storytelling. We recently peppered Ms. O’Debra with some leading questions.
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