All, I just received word of a prodcution some of you in the NYC area might be interested in attending. Apologies for cross-posting. Gloria > >From popserve Mon Feb 2 09:39:19 2004 >From: "Helene Scheck" <[log in to unmask]> >To: <[log in to unmask]> >Subject: Medieval mysteries in NYC >Date: Mon, 2 Feb 2004 10:39:15 -0500 >Organization: University at Albany >X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1158 >X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.37 >X-PMX-Version: 4.1.1.86173 >X-Perlmx-Spam: Gauge=X, Probability=10%, Report='LINES_OF_YELLING_3 0.671, >LINES_OF_YELLING 0.001, LINES_OF_YELLING_2 0.001, NOSPAM_INC 0' > >Greetings! > >I am not a member (though I will be very soon). Nevertheless, I think the >following production might be of interest to members, particularly those in >the NYC area. I was quite impressed with this production. The acting is >superb and the staging innovative. It is not entirely medieval, but I for >one was not disappointed. Could you please circulate among the Medieval and >Renaissance Society list serve (if there is one)? Or at least post somehow? > >Thanks, > >Helene Scheck >Department of English >The University at Albany >Albany, New York 12222 > > >*** > >THE MYSTERIES >DIRECTED BY BRIAN KULICK > >Drawn from the Wakefield and York Cycles and from the works of Mikhail >Bulgakov, Dario Fo, Tony Harrison and Borislav Pekic, THE MYSTERIES will >take you from the Creation to the End of Time in two hours. Here are the >stories of Adam and Eve, Cain and Abel, Abraham and Isaac, Noah's Flood and >Christ's Passion taken out of the Church and into the Fairground. > >"Kulick's evening has anguish, sensitivity, silliness and >a surprising amount of charm." - Newsday > >"The production proves engrossing. . . the actors team into a strong >collective where everyone plays bit parts and larger roles." - NJ >Star-Ledger > > >WITH: Bill Buell, Mario Campanaro, Michael Potts, Carmen Roman, Jennifer >Roszell, John Rothman, Michael Stuhlbarg, Sam Tsoutsouvas, Chandler Williams > >NOW THROUGH FEBRUARY 15! >TUES.-SAT. @ 8PM; SATURDAY MATINEE @ 2; SUNDAY @ 3 >Call TicketCentral: 212 .279.4200 or go to www.ticketcentral.com to order >tickets. > >CLASSIC STAGE COMPANY: 136 E. 13th Street, betw. 3rd/4th Aves. Gloria J. Betcher, Ph.D. Associate Editor, _Early Theatre_ Secretary/Treasurer, Medieval and Renaissance Drama Society Dept. of English Iowa State University 206 Ross Hall Ames, IA 50011 USA office: (515) 294-3026 home: (515) 292-5177 fax (515) 294-6814 Website address: http://www.public.iastate.edu/~gbetcher e-mail: [log in to unmask]