Fringe Festival
Mark Storen's A Drunken Cabaret
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Flamboyán
Theater at the Clemente Soto Vélez Cultural Center
107 Suffolk St (between
Delancey and Rivington Sts)
Lower East Side | Map
212-279-4488
Subway: F to Delancey St; J, M, Z to Delancey–Essex Sts
| Directions
http://www.fringenyc.org
Prices ....
Tickets:
$15
Description ....
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[FOUR STARS] In this unusual performance, Australian writer-performer- musician
Mark Storen examines the intersection of love and violence through original
songs and anecdotes inspired by true news stories from around the world. Though
the subject matter verges on the macabre, Storen manages to put a hilarious
spin on hot-blooded murder; his bizarre expressions and spastic movements are
as oddly fascinating as the ruthless tales he tells—lust-induced patricide,
possessive fits of strangling—in front of a heart-shaped projection screen. (At
one point, he drafts the audience into a sing-along of an amusing ditty called
“Stab U”—dedicated to his wife. How sweet!) This multimedia performance is
robust enough that you forget it’s a one-man show, and Storen’s charming Aussie
accent tempers the frequent lewd bits (even if it causes a few things to get
lost in translation). The topics may be deep and dark, but this is a lovely and
lighthearted fling.— Cristina Velocci, assistant features editor
When ....
Fri
6:15pm , Sat 9pm