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Tuesday, February 21, 2017
NY1 Looks at the 2017 American Human Beatbox Festival
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Festival
Wednesday, February 15, 2017
6 Questions: Lars Øyno
La MaMa brings Grusomhetens Teater's production of Henrik Ibsen's unfinished opera libretto The Mountain Bird to The Ellen Stewart Theatre for 4 performances - March 2 - 5, 2017. This will be the US premiere of The Mountain Bird and director Lars Øyno answered 6 Questions about the show, Artaud and directing this unfinished text by Ibsen.
Q: What was the original inspiration behind deciding to stage Ibsen’s The Mountain Bird?
A: After many years of staging physical performances in the name of the French theatre poet Antonin Artaud, I thought it was time to make a change in the repertoire. Not leaving Artaud, but together with him--seeing if there could be other horizons to conquer. By coincidence I found Ibsen’s unfinished opera libretto, and thought this could lead to a change.
Q: What was the biggest challenge in staging The Mountain Bird?
A: The biggest challenge was to mount the complicated songs on stage.
Q: How is this production different than other Grusomhetens Teater productions?
A: This time our spectacle appears like a theatre performance from the 1860`s – a "costume drama."
Q: Who inspires you?
A: The Marx Brothers.
Q: What is the last good book you read?
A: Enid Starkie, Arthur Rimbaud: A Biography.
Q: What does working at La MaMa mean to you?
A: All I’ve done so far as a director of Grusomhetens Teater for these past 25 years has lead me to the point where Artaud can now have the opportunity to speak on this legendary stage.
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The Mountain BirdDirected by Lars Øyno
Original Score by Filip Sande
March 02 - March 05, 2017Thursday to Saturday at 7PM; Sunday at 4PM
Ellen Stewart Theatre 66 East 4th Street New York, NY 10003
Tickets: $25 Adults; $20 Students/Seniors; ten tickets are available for every performance for $10 each, advance sales only, as part of La MaMa's 10 @ $10 ticketing initiative.
For tickets and info: CLICK HERE
Tuesday, February 14, 2017
BroadwayWorld onTHE LAST DAYS OF JUDAS ISCARIOT
"The Last Days of Judas Iscariot will receive a rare New York revival this spring at The Ellen Stewart Theatre at La MaMa (66 East 4th Street) with previews beginning March 9th, 2017 for a limited Off-Broadway engagement through March 26th. Opening Night is set for Monday, March 13, 2017 at 7pm.
Academy Award winner and long time member of The Actors Studio Estelle Parsons directs a cast that includes Richarda Abrams, Bob Adrian, Victor Almanzar, Erick Betancourt, Michael Billingsley, Fig Chilcott, Suzanne DiDonna, Lash Dooley, Timothy Doyle, Gabe Fazio, Gabriel Furman, Leland Gantt, Daniel Grimaldi, Shashwat Gupta, Con Horgan, Liana Jackson, Jay Johnston, Burnadair Lipscomb-Hunt, Beth Manspeizer, Javier Molina, Marcus Naylor, Myla Pitt, Joanna Rhinehart, Delissa Reynolds, and Count Stovall."
Read the full BroadwayWorld article: HERE
10@$10 Tickets are going fast so buy now!
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La MaMa presents
The Last Days
of Judas Iscariot
Written by Stephen Adly Guirgis
Directed by Estelle Parsons
March 09 - March 26, 2017
Thursday to Saturday at 7PM; Sunday at 4PM *additional performance Monday, March 13 at 7PM
Ellen Stewart Theatre
66 East 4th Street (2nd Floor)
New York, NY 10003
Tickets: $20 Adults; $15 Students/Seniors; ten tickets are available for each performance for $10 each, advance sales only - first come first served.
For Tickets and Info: CLICK HERE
Thursday, February 9, 2017
Talkbacks Schuduled with Benghazi-Bergen-Belsen Author Yossi Sucary
Benghazi-Bergen-Belsen author Yossi Sucary will participate in two post-show discussions following performances of the stage adaptation of his novel on Friday, March 24th and Sunday, March 26th.
Yossi Sucary is an Israeli author. Yossi writes in a universal perspective about issues of identity and place. His books deal with meta physical questions, as well as with socio-political question of Oriental Jews in Israel and world-wide. Yossi has received a number of exclusive literature prizes for his work: the Brenner Prize for Hebrew Literature, the Prime Minister Prize for Hebrew Literature, and the Washington Israeli Institute Prize. Yossi’s books are taught at many universities in Israel. His latest book, “From Benghazi to Bergen-Belsen,” tells the story of the Holocaust of Oriental Jewry and was chosen by the Ministry of Education to be part of the Holocaust curriculum for high school students in Israel. Yossi is a philosophy teacher focusing on analytical and continental philosophy of the 20th century.
Benghazi – Bergen-Belsen is an original play based on the novel of the same name by Yossi Sucary. Tracing the story of the holocaust of the Jews of Libya, the play gives voice to a larger cultural narrative that is conspicuously absent from prevalent stories of the Jewish holocaust. By citing the marginalized racial politics of the holocaust, the show urges a reconsidering of both historical and contemporary religious, cultural, and racial oppression and violence. Underscoring the contemporary urgency of the story, the play features both historical and present-day images of New York, Europe, Syria, Africa, and the Middle East.
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La MaMa presents
Benghazi Bergen-Belsen
Written and conceived by Lahav Timor
Based on the novel by Yossi Sucary
Directed by Michal Gamily
March 23 - April 09, 2017
Thursday to Saturday at 8PM; Sunday at 3PM
The Downstairs @ La MaMa
66 East 4th Street
(between Bowery and Second Avenue)
New York, NY 10003
Tickets: $25 Adults; $20 Students/Seniors; ten tickets are available for every performance for $10 each, advance sales only, as part of La MaMa's 10@$10 ticketing initiative.
For Tickets and Info: CLICK HERE
Tuesday, February 7, 2017
Reviews Are In Hi-Fi | Wi-Fi | Sci-Fi
Hi-Fi | Wi-Fi | Sci-Fi restages five original plays by one of La MaMa's first playwrights, not as vintage nostalgia, but as startingly contemporary works far ahead of their time! In the 1960s and 1970s, playwright Robert Patrick led an underground theatre movement that questioned the future through a series of quirky, minimalist science fiction plays.
Find out what the press is saying about this performance:
"what makes this powerful theater is not artistic theory but the galvanizing and immersive experience of each of the plays. Directors Billy Clark, Jason Trucco, and Park Il Kyu brilliantly orchestrate each of the pieces using video, traditional staging, and a changing environment to enroll the audience in each piece."
- Gay City News
"This is the kind of downtown theatre I want to see more of. “Hi-Fi | Wi-Fi | Sci-Fi” is a unique, vibrant production that explores technology and human consciousness while using looping – or perhaps, I should call it mirroring – as a tool to take the audience into a whirlwind of intrigue. I loved this show. It was full of surprising delights and capturing performances."
- NY Theatre Guide
"engaging and interactive"
- CHARGED.fm
- CHARGED.fm
"interesting, fun, and easy show to watch and enjoy"
"impeccable acting and production values, and in that regard, Hi Fi | Wi Fi | Sci Fi is certainly a success"
"Robert Patrick's plays certainly leave a lasting impression."
La MaMa and CultureHub present
Hi-Fi / Wi-Fi / Sci-Fi
Predictions Past Present and Future
Written by Robert Patrick
Directed by Billy Clark and Jason Trucco
February 2 - 19, 2017
Thursday - Saturday at 8pm; Sunday at 3pm
*additional performance Monday, February 6th at 8pm
The Downstairs @ La MaMa
66 East 4th Street
(between Bowery and Second Avenue)
New York, NY 10003
Tickets: $25 Adults; $20 Students/Seniors
For Tickets and Info: CLICK HERE
Predictions Past Present and Future
Written by Robert Patrick
Directed by Billy Clark and Jason Trucco
February 2 - 19, 2017
Thursday - Saturday at 8pm; Sunday at 3pm
*additional performance Monday, February 6th at 8pm
The Downstairs @ La MaMa
66 East 4th Street
(between Bowery and Second Avenue)
New York, NY 10003
Tickets: $25 Adults; $20 Students/Seniors
For Tickets and Info: CLICK HERE
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