Catch enough downtown theater and performance art, and sooner or later you'll get desensitized to ribald, transgressive on-stage behavior. A fully naked burlesque performer urinating in a plastic cup and then balancing it on her head before (seemingly?) drinking it won't make you bat an eye; a courtly man in an expensive suit unscrewing a light bulb and eating it is just another Tuesday night in the Village. But in his newly updated extravaganza Arias with a Twist, drag queen extraordinaire Joey Arias makes even the most jaded experimental theatergoer's jaw drop. I've seen a lot of crazy stuff, but I never expected to witness a six-foot-tall drag queen get sodomized by a couple of giant anatomically-correct demon puppets.
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Theater Review: Arias With A Twist
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BEER: This one is pretty simple...there will be lots (58!) of New York beers, and a few bands to soundtrack your drinking them, at the Seaport tonight. Go, imbibe, enjoy!
Theater Review: "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" and "The Adventures of Charcoal Boy"
Often Gothamist runs opinion pieces relevant to life in New York and reviews of recent books and performances. The judgments expressed below are entirely those of the author.
Theater Roundup: In the Festival Zone
Two more major festivals open this week, then there’s a bit of a lull before the Fringe arrives to take over in mid-August. It’s been an incredibly festival-packed summer, but Gothamist hopes that rather than getting worn out by it all, you’ve been building up endurance so you can go to many of the 1300+ performances in this ninth Fringe.
Review: Basil Twist's Symphonie Fantastique at Dodger Stages
We love the word mesmerize and don’t find occasion much to use it enough in our daily vocabulary, so Gothamist is doubly happy to report that we were mesmerized by the revival of renowned puppeteer Basil Twist’s SYMPHONIE FANTASTIQUE at Dodger Stages.
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