Bad at Sports » Theater http://badatsports.com Contemporay art talk without the ego Wed, 08 Feb 2012 13:49:07 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Video of Tony Fitzpatrick’s “This Train” http://badatsports.com/2010/video-of-tony-fitzpatricks-this-train/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss http://badatsports.com/2010/video-of-tony-fitzpatricks-this-train/#comments Sat, 26 Jun 2010 07:06:40 +0000 Christopher http://badatsports.com/?p=17434 I wrote an article a few days ago on my sit down talk with Tony Fitzpatrick about his new series of work and the new show “This Train” that is appearing at The Steppenwolf theater. At the time I really wanted to have some video to go along with the post and now we do. Below is an exert from the performance which shows July 15 – August 1, 2010, enjoy.

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Ah, bloody ladies and their fucked-up bloody baby dolls. I’m still counting down the days to Halloween, and if I can find a babysitter of my own, I am so going to see this woman (actually, Stacy Stoltz as Elizabeth) up close and in person when The Hypocrites perform their version of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein at the MCA Chicago from October 21 – November 1. It will be enacted “in promenade,” which means that performers intermingle with audience member on the same stage. Blurbs the MCA:

Just in time for Halloween, acclaimed Artistic Director Sean Graney and The Hypocrites take on Mary Shelley’s classic novel for an adventurous retelling of Frankenstein. Graney’s world-premiere production is performed in promenade, which places the audience onstage amidst the actors, and combines his inventive and poetic adaptation with the famous 1931 film starring Boris Karloff.

Inspired by the vast scope of Shelley’s novel and the ideas of inventors like Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Edison, and J. Robert Oppenheimer, Graney draws from a variety of literary sources for his adaptation, including Macbeth, Prometheus Bound, Doctor Faustus by Christopher Marlowe, and ‘Tis Pity She’s a Whore by John Ford. Graney’s adaptation combines several historical versions of the gothic tale to craft a contemporary literary monster that captures the pure horror and chilling philosophy of creation carried out in the name of human advancement.

It’s like a high art version of Tony & Tina! But seriously, it’s always fun when audiences get a chance to wander around onstage while the performers do their thing–although I always wind up feeling weirdly embarrassed for the actors when I stand too close to them.  At any rate, you can watch a video of Hypocrities founder and Frankenstein director discussing his ideas about how theater relates to Frankenstein below; tickets are $20-25, for MCA members they’re $16-20, and the student rate is $10.

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]]> http://badatsports.com/2009/bas-halloween-watch-see-frankenstein-performed-by-the-hypocrites-at-the-mca/feed/ 0 Come for the Chekhov stay for the Burlesque http://badatsports.com/2008/come-for-the-chekhov-stay-for-the-burlesque/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss http://badatsports.com/2008/come-for-the-chekhov-stay-for-the-burlesque/#comments Mon, 18 Aug 2008 21:01:48 +0000 Christopher http://badatsports.com/?p=359

In today’s world of shrinking Arts support and fickle audiences one gallery mixes the fiber of Community Outreach Theater with the frosted wheat side of Burlesque performances. Put them together and you get a show that is literally a two for one.

Now the question is can even that business model work? Theatre Yawp hopes it can.

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