“That’s fabulous news! I’ve wanted to see the show and now have an even more perfect excuse,” wrote Jon from Manhattan’s Upper East Side upon receiving word he’d won a pair of tickets to Rising Sun Performance Company’s intensely satisfying production of Dan Rosen’s dark comedy The Last Supper.. We also threw in a $50 dining certificate for the intensely satisfying Heartland Brewery. More audience club drawing winners soon!Drawing winner Daniel from Philadelphia is coming to NYC to catch Rising Sun Performance Company’s amazingly wonderfully production of Dan Rosen’s liberally funny dark comedy The Last Supper. Plus we’re sending him dessert: a Sweet Muse Brownie Buddy Pack to sweeten the commute. |
Holland Tunnel Crowd: Rev. Bill and Betty and Rik and Jen go to FringeNYC 29 July 2010 |
Actors Rik Sansone and Jen Ryan as Rev. Bill and Betty Holland judge New Yorkers on the way to their The Kong Show and FringeNYC ministries.
Has the satiric imagination ever met a hypocrisy it didn’t like? Something happens when actor Rik Sansone puts on white suit and heavy jewelry, or when his performance partner Jen Ryan dons her purple frock and like-colored wig. They summon up their favorite spiritual imposters, the brainchild of writer Marty Hill, and put on a ministry, a tele-tent show of sorts, called Interfaith Understanding with The Rev. Bill & Betty. We caught Rik and Jen between engagements at The Kong Show and their upcoming stint at FringeNYC to talk about their double lives.
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On Golden Pineapple: Melba’s CringeFest 2010 16 July 2010 |
Melba LaRose between past Golden Pineapple recipients Tony Spinosa and Don Cummings
NY Artists Unlimited founder Melba LaRose is particular about the quality of writing she accepts for her now-infamous five-year-old summer festival of bad plays and musicals. With a wink and a nod to Elena Holy’s epic and enduring New York International Fringe Festival, the International CringeFest spoofs political correctness while focusing on important social issues. “The true test (of a Cringe play) is if it keeps us laughing all the way.” According to Ms. LaRose, the shows that compete for the highest festival honor, the Golden Pineapple, “always end in hope.” Quoting Noël Coward she says, “It all comes down to love.” United Stages recently caught up with Melba “Lover of Peace” LaRose (her yoga name) regarding this month’s celebration of the brilliantly awful.
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Lindsay Beecher, what’s for supper? 07 May 2010 |
Being a liberal is murder for The Last Supper dinners David Anthony Anderson, Nicole Howard, JL Reed, Michael Bernardi and Lindsay Beecher. Photo by David Anthony Anderson
For its ninth season The Rising Sun Performance Company wants to remind all hungry liberals that, on Wednesdays in New York City’s Lower East Side, dinner is served at eight. The Last Supper, a new play by Dan Rosen adapted from his 1995 cult film of the same title, will be presented by a shifting cast and crew of over forty. Lindsay Beecher has been with RSPC for a year now and doubles her duties performing as both actor in and production manager of The Last Supper. We ask this very, very busy theater professional…
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