The backside of Oedipus
Sometimes it seems that Reed, Gavin and Laura seem to have endless energy. I suppose you have to. This show is like Noises Off in that it's exhausting and you're constantly onstage hammin' it up. The only difference is that Noises Off doesn't also have singing and dancing.
A friend pointed out that in the bottom-left corner of that photo, I'm stroking my chin for some unknown reason. Bobby is smiling. He has the correct response. I will try to keep this in mind.
We're listed in this weekend's New York Times listings, and there's an article in the Post that features us:
By the time the curtain falls on Oct. 1, a total of 34 new musicals - amid 84 seminars, concerts, dance pieces and related events - will have played New York, and none are likely to be confused with "Fiddler on the Roof."
Bedlam on the Hoof is more like it. How else to explain a little tuner called "Oedipus for Kids," with songs like "A Little Complex" and "My Lover Is My Husband Is My Son"? (As you may have guessed, the show - about a kiddie troupe's version of a Greek tragedy gone horribly wrong - is not for kids.)
But if you think we're edging into Fringe territory - and with shows with titles like "The Tragic and Horrible Life of The Singing Nun" and "Gutenberg! The Musical!," who'd blame you? - the festival's organizers disagree.
"Sure, there are satires, like 'Oedipus for Kids,' but far fewer of our shows are in that bizarro place," says executive producer Isaac Hurwitz.
The majority of the article highlights The Screams of Kitty Genovese, and pretty much only talks about either of our shows because of sensationalism...
Pretty typical New York Post mentality. Exactly what you'd expect from a newspaper whose cover featured a blowup of Zarqawi's face, bruised and puffy, with a cartoon bubble from the dead terrorist's mouth uttering the command "Warm up the virgins".
Oedipus for Kids! plays as part of the