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29th Street Rep
The 29th Street Rep is a New York, New York-based theatrical company whose productions qualify as Off-Off-Broadway. Founded by actors in April 1988, the 29th Street Rep has staged 78 fully staged productions through 2007. The company's motto is "29th St Rep - Where Brutal Theater Lives!" Among the highlights of the theater's history are the appearance of actor Edward Norton in the 1993 production of playwright Bill Nave's allegory '' Bible Burlesque'', the 1994 New York première of Tracy Letts' ''Killer Joe'' (which was revived in 1998 at the commercial Soho Playhouse), and ''Tracers'' by John DiFusco and the ensemble, which received recognition from '' American Theatre Magazine'' as a "Top Ten Play of 1997" and a Drama Desk nomination for Best Revival of a Play. Other important productions including Christopher Durang's ''Titanic/Actor's Nightmare'' and Beth Henley's ''The Wake of Jamey Foster''. The 29th Street Rep's 2000 production of its adaptation of nine short stori ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New York, New York
New York, often called New York City or NYC, is the most populous city in the United States. With a 2020 population of 8,804,190 distributed over , New York City is also the most densely populated major city in the United States, and is more than twice as populous as second-place Los Angeles. New York City lies at the southern tip of New York State, and constitutes the geographical and demographic center of both the Northeast megalopolis and the New York metropolitan area, the largest metropolitan area in the world by urban landmass. With over 20.1 million people in its metropolitan statistical area and 23.5 million in its combined statistical area as of 2020, New York is one of the world's most populous megacities, and over 58 million people live within of the city. New York City is a global cultural, financial, entertainment, and media center with a significant influence on commerce, health care and life sciences, research, technology, education, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
South Of No North (book)
''South of No North'' is a collection of short stories by Charles Bukowski, originally published in 1973 as ''South of No North: Stories of the Buried Life'' by John Martin's Black Sparrow Press. ''South of No North'' also is a play that debuted off-Broadway in 2000 based on nine stories from the book. Contents Among the short stories collected in the book are ''Love for $17.50'', about a man named Robert whose infatuation with a mannequin in a junk shop leads him first to buy it, then make love to it, and then eventually fall in love with "her," much to the consternation of his real-life girlfriend; ''Maja Thurup'', about a South American tribesman with an enormous penis who is brought to Los Angeles by the woman anthropologist who has "discovered" him and become his lover; and ''The Devil is Hot'', about an encounter with Old Nick at an amusement pier in Santa Monica, where Scratch himself is caged and on display, fed only peanut butter and dogfood, exploited by a cynic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
