CollisionWorks

In a comment on yesterday's entry, justjohn quoted a piece by Nora Ephron that I wanted to share with those who hadn't seen it:

"I hope he's not worried about his legacy, because he will have one, and it will be not unlike what awaits almost all the members of this administration: they will be fodder for art. Yes, art. Dick Cheney said a couple of months ago that history would be his judge, but I beg to differ: history will be nothing compared to the plays. This administration will be the subject of hundreds of plays; the playwrights will be drawn again and again to the astonishing, amazing panoply of evil and complicity the Bush Administration has provided. Gonzales will be a hilarious comic foil in most of these productions -- a jack-in-the-box who will pop out, say he has no recollection whatsoever of anything, and pop back in. Short actors will kill to play him.

By the way, I have a pet theory about Alberto Gonzales: I've always believed that the reason the President called Gonzales Fredo was that when they first met, Bush incorrectly believed that Gonzales' first name was Alfredo, and Gonzales was too much of a toady to correct him."

Oh, what a pity I've done my "Bush Administration" piece now, and created it before the ascension of AG to AG. What a slimy little character he could have been in a noir landscape . . . hanging around the office of the Gangster/Businessman (who can't get his name right) . . . lying in every line.

But he's gone. And so is that show. LOLCat say:

Two things to guide people to, of one kind or another:


As I've mentioned, I've done the lights for Rachel Cohen's new piece Suite at The Brick, and I enjoy Rachel's work immensely and think I've done a good job on the light (it's been a while, I'm rusty, and there are limits within the space and equipment available, as always, but people have been effusive about it, so I guess it works for others as well as it does for me).

We don't have nearly as much dance at The Brick as we would like, and I'm not sure the normal "dance audience" (whatever that is) is all too aware of the space, or maybe even Williamsburg - though it seems to me there's been a helluva lotta dance going on in Williamsburg for a couple of years now . . . Rachel said she had considerably more house immediately in her last show at WalkerSpace, so I dunno.

The show had an pretty good house opening night, and a small one last night. We have more advance tickets sold for every show left in the run, but if you're interested, I think it's worth it. The two pieces are each alternately very funny, very beautiful, and very exciting.

It's been great fun lighting both pieces on the bill - Suite, the longer, new one, is loosely based around film noir images, which are of course my favorite. All the Much I Have Not Went, an older piece done as a curtain-raiser, has some lovely reflective costumes that allow me to do a bit of a tribute to the lights of Alwin Nikolais (in particular Noumenon), which I spent a good deal of 1995 recreating on tour.

Here's the info:


Racoco Productions presents


Suite


A collaboration among a choreographer, a candymaker, and a jazz composer, Suite's film noir characters negotiate sticky situations in a world made entirely of chewing gum and taffy.

Melding theater, dance, sculpture, and candy-making, an international ensemble of actors, dancers, and clowns explores the connections between people and how their boundaries are stretched, pulled, twisted, and torn.


directed by Rachel Cohen


with a score of original music and arrangements by composer Rafi Malkiel and costumes made from salt-water taffy


performed by
Katie Brack, Rachel Cohen (13th, 19th, 21st), Elodie Escarmelle, Adrian Jevicki, and Michelle Vargo (12th, 14th, 15th, 20th)


preceded by


All the Much I Have Not Went (2002)


Three female superheroes of limited power, and suffering from OCD, meet in a support group for consolation, commiseration, and conflict.


performed by
Katie Brack, Elodie Escarmelle, and Kelly Kocinski


at The Brick
575 Metropolitan Ave, Williamsburg, Brooklyn
(L to Lorimer/G to Metropolitan)


Thursday-Saturday, April 12, 13, 14, 19, 20, 21 at 8.00 pm
Sunday, April 15 at 4.00 pm
$15.00 ($12.00 students and seniors) - TDF vouchers accepted


tickets available at www.theatermania.com or by calling 212-352-3101


special $50.00 VIP tickets Thursday, April 19, include post-show reception and concert by The Rafi Malkiel Ensemble


Visit The Brick HERE


For more about Mr. Malkiel and his music, please visit www.rafimalkiel.com


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And on a different note, for those enraptured by cute animal stuff, like me (and it seems, about 96.72% of internet users), rosmar linked to one site I have in my occasionally-posted blogroll, and you might already know, and another I didn't know existed.

The latter collects all (it would seem) of what have come to be known as the LOLCAT images flying around the Intarweb, and can be found here at SeeHere.

The other is a blog/site where shots similar to these are added on a daily basis, and is here at I Can Has Cheezburger?


Enjoy!