Gabe Herman looks at CITY OF NO ILLUSIONS for The Villager

Immigrants, refugees and life-and-death issues 

Gabe Herman looks at Talking Band's newest work, City of No Illusions, premiering at The Downstairs at La MaMa on February 8, 2019.  Gabe spoke to Talking Band's Paul Zimet about the piece:

“I became very interested in this idea of borders, between countries and also between the living and the dead,” he said. “The piece became not only about borders but the passageway through those borders.”

Read the full article: HERE

And get tickets to City of No Illusions: HERE

La MaMa presents
CITY OF NO ILLUSIONS
Written and Directed by Paul Zimet 
Music by Ellen Maddow

February 8 - 24, 2019

The Downstairs @ La MaMa
66 East 4th Street
New York, NY 10003

Tickets: $25 Adults; $20 Students/Seniors

For Tickets & Info: CLICK HERE

The Villager covers TEMPEST 3 + WHAT TAMMY NEEDS TO KNOW... teaser

Trav S.D. recently covered TEMPEST 3 in an article for The Villager titled: 

"A Tempest Trilogy Galvanized by Sandy's Tide."

Here are some of our favorite quotes:

 "In these times of multiple daily apocalypses (environmental, biological, socio-political), there are an infinite number of possible human responses... But there is an older, more calming reaction we can have in the face of crisis: we can exorcise the bad demons through art. That would appear to be the tack La MaMa is taking this season with its trilogy of shows collectively branded “Tempest 3: The Tide is Rising.”

"The current version is a faithful interpretation of the play, with Swados’ eclectic score ranging from the avant-garde to the blues, and Koonrod making full use of the height, depth and breadth of the cavernous Ellen Stewart Theatre... Cathey’s Prospero was one of the most moving Shakespeare performances this writer has seen, and Coonrod’s two-hour production moved at such a clip, with such constant invention and such clarity of storytelling, I never regretted a minute of it. (How often can you say that?)"

READ MORE HERE

The Villager: Shakespeare Everywhere You Look

Scott Stiffler looks at the many Shakespeare an Shakespeare-inspired productions happening all over the city this Fall, including Dario D'Ambrosi's HAMLET HALLUCINATIONS running through Sunday at La MaMa:

“Hamlet Hallucinations” is a radical interpretation of the melancholy (and possibly mad) Dane. It’s the latest from former Italian soccer star Dario D’Ambrosi — whose Pathological Theater teaches acting and stagecraft to those with mental illness (and whose productions address their perspectives). Performed entirely in English, with a script that includes selections of the Bard’s soliloquies, this “Hamlet” is set in the graveyard — with D’Ambrosio as the gravedigger/storyteller. Giacomo Rocchini plays Hamlet as an obsessive, phobic, Oedipal young man who hears voices and processes thought as a schizophrenic would. Mauro F. Cardinali plays Ophelia and Hamlet’s father, mother and uncle — keeping the audience guessing as to who’s doing the hallucinating, and which character (if any of them) has a true grip on reality.

Read the full article: HERE. 

 For info and tickets for HAMLET HALLUCINATIONS: Click Here