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The unique nature of “The Story of Two Poets” was clear even before Jalopy Theatre’s lights went down. The musical is entirely in Polish with English supertitles. Polish and English versions of the playbill were passed out, and Polish sweets called drożdżówki z serem (sweet cheese pastries) were set out on a table for audience members. The show is an […]
On a Monday night, around 30 people gathered at Red Hook’s cozy, warmly-lit Jalopy Theatre to see Francesca Van Horne perform her one-woman show, Tales from the Trundle. Ms. Van Horne, who also wrote the show, sat stage right and peered out at the audience. But as soon as the lights went down and she began a quietly dramatic walk […]
Anybody up for a good penis joke? In a fast paced play, Marc Spitz’s Up For Anything creates up the scenario in the opening moments to set up two hours of back to back zingers aimed at Walter Dabney, a poet with an unrelenting erection. The show opens with Walter (Ben Schneider) under a blanket with his mistress Annie (Jen […]