One thing that Studio Theatre has proven over the past year is that, when necessary, it is unafraid to brutalize its audience. The result has been some of its most ambitious and affecting productions, from the caustic Fat Pig to the harrowing Frozen. The trend continues with the company’s season opener: Red Light Winter, Adam Rapp’s study of an Amsterdam and New York-set love triangle. While the show’s blatant and at times disturbing sexuality may…
FRIDAY: >> We’re definitely planning on checking out a new performance series called Take That Hill that’s looking to turn in to a semi-regular evening of short films and short story readings presented by local lit mag Barrelhouse. Sounds promising, and we’ll have the rundown on how it went down for you come Monday. At Warehouse Theater’s screening room, $5, 8 p.m. >> Dude, free Yeah Yeah Yeah’s listening party at Cue Bar, plus the…
FRIDAY: Dear organizers of tonight’s Cryfest — Cure vs. Smiths Dance Party on the Black Cat mainstage: Did we go to the same high school? Because, really, I thought I was the only one who spent several nights a week as an awkward teenager perfecting the disaffected side-to-side shuffle that is the only kind of actual “dancing” one can do to this music. Meet me there tonight, OK? I’ll be the one in the raccoon…
Damn you, Neil LaBute. Damn you for getting your audience caught up in your clever dialogue, your complex, well-drawn characters and compelling plotline, and then making us leave the theatre feeling defeated about the state of humanity. Then again, it’s what you do, and few do it better. When you see a show by the playwright who brought you In The Company Of Men and The Shape Of Things, among others, you know you’re in…
December may have been classic musical central, but January brings a new year and host of exciting options, heavy topics and renowned playwrights showcased by local theatres. Opening this week is Studio Theatre’s anticipated Neil LaBute Festival, highlighting the work of the often-caustic man responsible for, among other things, The Shape of Things and In The Company Of Men. The festival kicks off with Fat Pig, which explores whether a man can overcome his friends’…
