Buddy Cop 2

Looking for an interesting piece of theater to see?

Then I recommend Buddy Cop 2 by The Debate Society.  

I saw it last night and it's a pretty great one.  You definitely can't go wrong with a TDS show...and I've seen them all live except the one I was part of, The Eaten Heart, which is actually a favorite of mine. 

Paul and Hannah have great dynamic when it comes to both their playwriting and onstage performances.  

In this show they are funny as police officers Novak & Olsen and adding in Michael Cyril Creighton as Don, another officer, I had thoughts of seeing these 3 characters on a sitcom taking place in this temporary police department...I'd definitely tune into that as the humor factor would be brilliant, I'm sure.

See it at the Ontological until June 12th.  

     

Comedy in Dance - there certainly is!

A really cool festival I've been attending and performing in is Triskelion Art's Comedy in Dance Festival. 

There's an amazing amount of talent in the nightly lineup and the funny is really present in every act.  I've always found dance to be quite humorous - and I mean how can it not be when humans are moving there bodies in strange and interesting positions for an audience to interpret on their own - even on the dance floor in clubs people do funny things, and it's all very amusing to me.  I just love it.  
So to create a whole festival with this as a theme is a brilliant idea that seems to have brought out some of NYC's best funny physical performers...a lot of them being smart funny - with the exception of the act I'm performing with Cirque This.  Don't get me wrong it's funny and really great, just not smart funny...well except maybe to certain amphibious creatures it definitely is.  

Last night I saw Abby Bender Schmantze Theatre's Geegahdongpeoria, which is the one and only full length piece in the Comedy in Dance Festival.  It is an intriguing show that seems to represent many cultures, religions, past-times and curiosities and with a ton of non-stop, and really fabulous, dance.  Every dancer is a character so no one gets lost in the mix and the story of this place, Geegahdongpeoria, and its people is a really fun and colorful one with splashes of darkness - totally deep.  And they speak a foreign language.  Foreign languages are definitely funny!       


The festival runs until Sunday, May 23rd with Cirque This performing on Saturday, May 22nd.  For reservations send an email to info@triskelionarts.org, tickets are $15.  

Gin & "It"

I saw Reid Farrington's Gin & "It" last night at PS 122 and I'm SO glad that I did!

It's hard to imagine how Reid came to conceive of this complex idea initially, so I won't...but the outcome was brilliantly done and really worked on stage.  Especially after seeing him hard at work at his computer for over a year (or so) while I was rehearsing for The Death of Evie Avery at his space, it was such a pleasure to watch it all happen live.  Clearly a ton of work went into this project.
The concept is difficult to explain but after seeing the piece it is very clear that words are not so necessary since the experience will explain it all.  These people are making a movie using some really excellent physical theater!  It was as much of a magic show as it was a film and the theatrical experience put it all together like I've never seen before.  I really enjoyed this work of art.

The making of is really interesting, watch it here.

Gin & "It" plays at Performance Space 122 only until this Sunday, May 9th.  SEE IT.

Planet Earth: Weird & Sort of Scary Noises

Wandering the wilderness.

Are the animal noises real or fake?  

Now don't be scared.