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Supporting Local Performing Arts
Jun. 11th, 2006 09:43 pmLast night, I got to see one of my improv group friends (name changed to "Jersey Pirate" for no particular reason...) do a hilarious one-man show about the myriad of day jobs he's held over the last few years. He's met some really weird people (including me, I guess 8) , and he has a knack for remembering the weirdest things about them when portraying them for the audience. My favorite part, though, was when he described being a "swing" (multiple-role) performer at "Madison SCARE Garden" a few years ago. Apparently the equipment used to cause actors to "pop out" or lunge toward the customers didn't always work as well as one might hope, and "Jersey Pirate"'s depiction of these malfunctions defies description.
I wish I'd gotten there on time--I missed part of it, not sure how much, and this was the only time he's doing the show before he takes it to CANADA for the summer. The show was in a church (welcome to New York, where any space you can imagine becomes a theater) in Upper Manhattan near the Cloisters...well, okay, not near unless you're a pigeon--the train exit I used is at the bottom of a CLIFF FACE, the Cloisters is in the park on top of the cliff.
Several of us in the audience had performed together a few years ago, and we went downtown for dinner.
"Pan-Asian" high-concept: they had a condiment table with stuff like garlic, scallions, various sauces and chili seasoning. The tables had round removable sections where, if you ordered the "build-your-own-soup", they'd bring the broth to the table and set the metal bowl/pot on a heat source below the table. My friend the bubbly lady singer made vegetable soup with Thai spices. This was my first exposure to this kind of dining experience--I have no idea how commonplace it is. Or not.
We (three of us were singers) talked shop a little, since we all have shows coming up. (Mine's in the subway, but still...) "Bubbly" does a cabaret act, lots of old show tunes and some new original stuff.
"Fozzybear" does Rat Pack-type songs and Red Skelton-style pantomime sketches. "Fozzy" 's lady friend is a drummer and a former clown. I got some opinions about what constitutes a good costume for a subway show with vocals and guitar that's half "folkoid" and half novelty songs. Am now cogitating.
Asian food, hip-hop and reggae music, free atmosphere, decent prices, great conversation....I think I love the Upper West Side 8)
I wish I'd gotten there on time--I missed part of it, not sure how much, and this was the only time he's doing the show before he takes it to CANADA for the summer. The show was in a church (welcome to New York, where any space you can imagine becomes a theater) in Upper Manhattan near the Cloisters...well, okay, not near unless you're a pigeon--the train exit I used is at the bottom of a CLIFF FACE, the Cloisters is in the park on top of the cliff.
Several of us in the audience had performed together a few years ago, and we went downtown for dinner.
"Pan-Asian" high-concept: they had a condiment table with stuff like garlic, scallions, various sauces and chili seasoning. The tables had round removable sections where, if you ordered the "build-your-own-soup", they'd bring the broth to the table and set the metal bowl/pot on a heat source below the table. My friend the bubbly lady singer made vegetable soup with Thai spices. This was my first exposure to this kind of dining experience--I have no idea how commonplace it is. Or not.
We (three of us were singers) talked shop a little, since we all have shows coming up. (Mine's in the subway, but still...) "Bubbly" does a cabaret act, lots of old show tunes and some new original stuff.
"Fozzybear" does Rat Pack-type songs and Red Skelton-style pantomime sketches. "Fozzy" 's lady friend is a drummer and a former clown. I got some opinions about what constitutes a good costume for a subway show with vocals and guitar that's half "folkoid" and half novelty songs. Am now cogitating.
Asian food, hip-hop and reggae music, free atmosphere, decent prices, great conversation....I think I love the Upper West Side 8)
