Theater
for the New City
155 First Avenue
Thurs.-Sat. at 8:00 PM
Sun. at 3:00 PM, April 4-21.
CABARET RE-VOLTAIRE III— BEAUTIFUL ABSURDITIES
Theater
for the New City
Crystal Field, Executive Director
presents
DADAnewyork
Hailed by Time Out New York as
one of the “creme de la boheme of downtown bohemia,”DADAnewyork
celebrates its Sweet Sixteenth year with Cabaret Re-Voltaire III
- Beautiful Absurdities at Theater
for the New City (TNC), 155 First Avenue (between 9th and 10th Streets)
in Manhattan. Performances are Thursdays - Saturdays
at 8 p.m. and Sunday matinees at 3 p.m., March 13 - March 30.
Beautiful Absurdities features DADAnewyork's
fresh mounting of Jean Cocteau's The Wedding Breakfast,
a condemnation of war and a paean to peace. Also presented are works by
Kenneth Bernard (author of many avant-garde plays in collaboration
with Theatre of the Ridiculous director John Vaccaro), David
Dozer (co-host with Janet Coleman of WBAI's “Cat Radio
Café” and author/producer of “Poisoned Arts”),
artist/playwright Charles Mingus III, ZenDADA poet/scholar Valery Oisteanu,
the late great poet/performance artist Irving Wexler, and zRebecca
Krell, DADAnewyork’s most prolific contributor. DADAnewyork
is joined by composer Julie Harting (recipient of the Boris and
Eda Rapaport Prize for String Quartet, founding member Forecast Music)
and flautist Michele Smith (Art Lillard's Heavenly Jazz Band; Les
Sylphides Flute Ensemble). Sculptural props are built by Charles Mingus
III and film maker, prop master and actor Mike Sullivan.
Join those always-say-doodoo DADAs in March at Theater
for the New City for Cabaret Re-Voltaire III: Beautiful Absurdities.
Tickets are $10, TDF accepted. Senior/Student rates.