Re: RAT: What's on in NY

[leewochner@movingarts.org (Lee Wochner)]

Take Nick's advice. The Coney Island component was a definite HIGHLIGHT of
the '97 RAT Conference. Unfortunately, you won't get to see Tirza's Wine
Bath, but those of us who did still haven't forgotten it.

Lee


At 6:51 PM 4/30/99, nick wrote:
>At 12:42 PM 4/30/99 -0700, you wrote:
>>
>>Last call for what's on in NY May 1-9 (inclusive).
>>
>>Hopefully I'm seeing "Cider House..."  Everything else is up for grabs.
>> Any RAT theatre going on in that time frame?
>>
>
>
>For the best alternative to alternative theater, make sure you make time to
>visit Coney when in town.  The season doesn't officially open until
>Memorial Day Weekend, but all of May the Sideshow will be performing
>Saturdays and Sundays from 2pm to 12 PM.
>
>Freaks, Wonders and Human Curiosities, the strange, odd, bizzarre and
>macabre...Bring out the Sword Swallower-drag him out by the hair on his
>head! Bring out the snake charmer- with her grrreat big python snake!
>She`ll twitch it and twatch it while you all watch it! Bring out the
>Bearded lady and the Illustrated man! Here comes the artist and our Fire
>Eater-she`ll bathe her beautiful body in fire, she`ll drink down a cup of
>gasoline and spit it out... WHOOSH they call her the Human Volcano! Its the
>greatest Congress of oddities ever put before the American public!!! Step
>right up to the ticket box, and Hurry! Hurry! Hurry! because its Showtime!!!!!
>
>1208 Surf Avenue, at the corner of West 12th Street in Coney Island, Brooklyn,
>
>If you tell us when you're headed there and we'll try to meet you and take
>you back-backstage for an intro to the Legend herself and her many minions.
>(Just don't utter her Unholy Name!)
>
>Also not to be missed is Trav S. D.'s  Theatre of Attractions.
>
>Theatre as Drug * Drugs as Theatre * Theatre as Drug
>
>This weekend the venue is in the Lower East Side at Surf Reality, 172 Allen
>Street.  Friday and Saturday at Midnight.
>
>Trav describes it as '70's Blaxploitation  meets '90's Rave.  I bet he's
>right.  Hold on to your seats.
>
>Special guest performance tonight by the infamous Naked Elvis.  And
>possibly tomorrow, depending on whether our poker game in Atlantic City
>turns into anything worthwhile or not.
>
>--nick

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