HowardIdiot Savant- Public Theater, NYC
November 5th 2009 13:17
Real Crash- Looking at Capitalism and its Laws:
Idiot Savant play, and Giant Duck
Idiot Savant is the new play at the Public theater, in NYC, starring Willem Dafoe, Joel Israel, Alenka Kraigher, Elina Lawensohn, Eric Magnus and Daniel Allen Nelson. It's definitely weird, but is it wonderful, or political? Perhaps it's really about Obama, who can look so cool and collected, but can't actually think about what he's really doing to us. This is a sort of comic farce by Richard Foreman,another old geezer.
Be warned, this is not a "classic narrative." Be alert, you get to see the Idiot Savant go to a restaurant with a giant duck. Does the duck want to eat a roast beef sandwich, or eat himself? Does he want clean nuclear energy, or is he willing to be fried slowly in an inefficient solar collector?
Richard Foreman says his plays are about having a good fantasy to exist better. Like pretending you're a rocket scientist, while in the middle of a collapsing real estate bubble, known as New York City. Marie asks the Idiot Savant, But what makes certain words magic? What follows is a wild theatrical odyssey. Richard Foreman director, is famous for his THE THREEPENNY OPERA. Idiot Savant is presented in association with Ontological-Hysteric Theater. (comment- is that the Obama behaviorist group around Larry Summers?)
PERFORMANCE SCHEDULE- Tues at 7PM Wed - Fri at 8PM, Sat at 2PM & 8PM, Sun at 2PM & 7PM. Added Performance: November 2, Limited Availability: November 12
No Performance or Unavailable: 11/4, 11/5, 11/18, 11/26, 12/3, Post-show discussions: October 28 and November 10.
The Public Theater is located downtown in the Soho section at 425 Lafayette Street. south of 14th St, New York, FYI call 212.539.8500.
pix from Time Out NY website:
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