Now Playing: Physical Theatre
July 6 - July 12
WHAT'S HERE: This page lists physical theatre productions, including puppetry, circus, acrobatics, aerial work, dance- and movement-based theatre, mime, mask, vaudeville, and more. Click on show titles to find out more about that show, including performance dates & times, ticket prices & ordering information, and cast & other credits. Starred shows are considered to be noteworthy or of special interest by NYTE's editor. Want your show listed on nytheatre.com? Visit the Theatre Company Resource Center to learn how.
LAST CHANCE!
These shows are closing this week
Behind the Bullseye: A new theatre piece by Sponsored by Nobody that fuses elements of theatre, film, journalism, and installation art to examine the shopping habits of Brooklyn residents. Closes July 11, 2009.
REVIEWED BY MARTIN DENTON
Night Lights: A play written and directed by Dario D'Ambrosi; this is a site-specific experience called "The Drive-In Stage" where the audience watches the play from cars. Closes July 8, 2009.
REVIEWED BY RUSSELL M. KAPLAN
A Midsummer Night's Dream: TheDrillingCompany presents a free outdoor production of Shakespeare's famous play in the Ludlow Street Municipal Parking Lot. Closes July 25, 2009.
A Wonderland: Lewis Carroll's work is deconstructed by the mind of a modern mature songstress on a journey of self-identity; created by Anonymous Ensemble. This is part of Soho Think Tank's Ice Factory 2009. Performances are this week only.
Accomplice: New York: An interactive theatre experience combining a scavenger hunt and a walking tour of Manhattan. Closes October 31, 2009.
Adventure Quest: A play by Richard Lovejoy in which a hero from an '80s-style computer adventure game has to rescure heroines, destroy monsters, and more. This was part of the Brick's Antidepressant Festival earlier this season. Closes July 25, 2009.
Blue Man Group: A supremely silly, long-running performance featuring music, gags, video, flying food, flying paint, and lots and lots of paper.
Brief Shorts: Xoregos Performing Company presents a quintet of danced plays at various parks and libraries throughout the city; performances are free. Closes July 20, 2009.
REVIEWED BY NICOLE HIGGINS
Fuerza Bruta: Look Up: A new physical theater event from the creators of De La Guarda.
REVIEWED BY JACK HANLEY
Hospital 2009: A four-part episodic multimedia play that examines the interior life of a man in a terminal coma. This year's edition centers on an astronaut. Closes July 25, 2009.
REVIEWED BY MARTIN DENTON
Hurricane Season: Dr. Barbara Ann Teer's National Black Theatre presents a play by Alixa Garcia and Naima Penniman that connects the issues that surface in the aftermath of natural disasters. In previews; opens on July 17, 2009.
Joan of Arc: A new play by Robert Steven Ackerman, presented in a free outdoor production by Gorilla Repertory Theatre. Closes August 2, 2009.
Krapp, 39: A return of the FringeNYC hit written and performed by Michael Laurence about an actor looking back on his failures on his 39th birthday. Closes August 2, 2009.
REVIEWED BY MARTIN DENTON
Stomp: Eight incredible young performers make rhythm with found objects like garbage cans and pots and pans. Now in its twelfth year off-Broadway.
Suspicious Package: Rx: A unique interactive show in which audience members play all the roles in a suspense thriller that takes them to the streets of Williamsburg, guided by an iPod. Closes July 25, 2009.
Taking Liberties: An Evening of Elvis Costello: This is the first volume of a new late night series from DM Theatrics called The Badass Record Collection, desribed as "your music collection come alive." Closes July 18, 2009.
Thank You, But Our Princess Is In Another Castle: Utilizing World of Warcraft, Halo 3, and Grand Theft Auto 4, Machinima theater auteur Eddie Kim presents four classical theater texts, as performed by online video game characters manipulated by gamers live on stage. Closes July 17, 2009.
The Gazillion Bubble Show: A unique entertainment by Fan Yang, who is a world-renowned, record-holding bubble artist.
REVIEWED BY DAVID DELGROSSO
The Joys of Fantasy: Playwright/director Mitchell Polin re-mixes Thornton Wilder's Our Town with literary, theatrical, musical and visual arts innovations to create a wholly original theater experience. Closes July 25, 2009.
The Quantum Eye - Magic Deceptions: An exploration of mentalism, magic, perception and deception starring Sam Eaton.
Untitled Corner: A site-specific collaboration examining memory loss, pattern recognition, and perceptual faculties as they apply to the human body in public space. This is part of Lower Manhattan Cultural Council's annual Sitelines festival. Closes July 17, 2009.
