...is this week's theater theme, for those of us who can't afford the
snow show (a consolation: there will be a wintersworth of free snow shows come December). There are so many things one can be ambiguous about, with more or less acceptance, in New York. This week, why not try age?
Theater for Old Times Transitions: Sam Shepard's Chicago and Cowboys #2 and new plays
Sam Shepard , member of the mythical-sounding, mysterious and unheard of
Theater Hall of Fame (Its right there, next to the flea circus), is the pop art playwright, and a writer of time and obscured memory. Chicago begins with a bathtub scene- and really does not get much happier.
DS does not know what Cowboys #2 Involves, but we do know that Shepard loved the theme of the old, romanticized and forgotten "
true west." The "transitions" festival also includes
new works, such as "the discomposers" (W.C. Meny) and "Disintegration," (M. Allen).
Either way, this is old-soul theater- you've been warned.
Price
$16
When
Until September 26, all shows at 8pm, and
schedule here.
Where
Common Basis Theater,
750 8th Avenue, (btw 46 and 47th- little tiny door and rickety elevator).
Theater for Young'ens :
The Striking Viking Story Pirates
Which is one of the best ideas in theater since they got rid of the
Zeus machine: A
group of actors presents a number of stories imagined and written by children. These stories include
"It's Raining Fishes," "The Day My Head Got Stuck in a Barstool," "Cookie to All of Us" and
more. Raves are
here,
here and
here.
Price
Well, it is $15 dollars if you're a kid, $20 if you can't convince them. Probably worth it, though.
Tix.
When
Tuesday 7:00pm / Saturday 12:00pm & 3:00pm... or more
here.
Where
Arthur Seelen Theater: 250 W. 40th Street, in The Drama Book Shop, between 7th and 8th Avenue.
Theater for Permanent Young'ens and recidivist 7 year olds: Straight On Til' Morning
If the name sounds familiar, you may remember it as part of the directions to Never-never land in Peter Pan (Second star to the right and straight on 'til morning. But the lost boys in this play didn't quite make it beyond williamsburg....
Price
$15. More info
here.
When
Wednesday-Saturday 8:00pm. Closes September 28.
Where
78th Street Theatre Lab, 236 West 78th Street, between Amsterdam and Broadway 3rd Floor.
Another thing. I know that every self-respecting blogger posts every DAY, and not every few weeks, but every self-respecting blogger does not attend law school. I will bust out of there sometime next summer- and I am relatively sure I will be more alien
than butterfly.
. Until then,
Go to the theater.
Directions.
In the spirit of "allright already, that's enough," refreshing refreshing, UNpolitical cheap theater can be found at the 
