Bad News! i was there... 2019 - Articles Page 2

Opened: September 6, 2019
Closing: September 08, 2019

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Skirball Center for the Performing Arts
566 LaGuardia Pl New York, NY 10012

Theatrical legend JoAnne Akalaitis creates a site-specific processional performance exploring the monumental impact of the messenger character from classic drama.



Audiences are split into four groups, each led on a unique a journey through NYU Skirball's lobby, hallways, and out-of-the-way spaces where some of history’s most memorable messengers bring them tidings of bad news — and they do not spare the gory details. Taken from the works of Aeschylus, Euripides, Sophocles, Racine, and Brecht, tragic monologues are spoken and sung in a harmonious chorus of English, interwoven with Greek, Latin, German, and French, with movement influenced by the Indian Kathakali tradition. All paths lead to the empty stage where the performers tell the battle story from The Persians by Aeschylus, the oldest surviving play in Western Literature.



Created in the spirit of the Greek polis — where audiences came together to witness tragedies that called into question the rationality of mortals and the justice of the gods — Akalaitis draws a parallel between this ancient theatrical device and contemporary media coverage of horrifying events, where eyewitnesses often repeat a heartbreaking refrain of "I was there."

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Park City Institute Announces 2018-19 Main Stage Season At The George S. And Dolores Doré Eccles Center For The Performing Arts
by Stephi Wild - Sep 28, 2018


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by BWW News Desk - Aug 11, 2018


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by Tori Hartshorn - Jul 26, 2018


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by Tori Hartshorn - Jun 25, 2018


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Whirlwind Holiday Adventure GREAT EXPECTATIONS Opens Today
by BWW News Desk - Nov 30, 2016


TheatreSquared announced the full cast and creative team for its upcoming holiday feature, a world premiere stage adaptation of Charles Dickens's Great Expectations. After a startling Christmas Eve encounter, Pip's life will never be the same. Plucked from poverty and thrust into the Victorian upper class, he strives to discover himself and find true love while untangling a web of secrets. Six actors portray more than 30 characters in this virtuosic retelling for the stage. Performances are scheduled for November 30 through New Year's Day, with tickets ($15-$45) available at theatre2.org or (479) 443-5600.

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