Soul Samurai
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CURRENTLY CLOSED
Opened Feb 22, 2009
Closed Mar 15, 2009
Opened Feb 22, 2009
Closed Mar 15, 2009
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WHAT IS IT ABOUT?
Soul Samurai by Qui Nguyen is directed by Robert Ross Parker. Cooler than Kill Bill, hotter than Shaft! The OBIE Award-winning Ma-Yi Theater Company teams up with the NYIT Award-winning Vampire Cowboys for Soul Samurai, the story of Dewdrop and her fight through the mean streets of post-apocalyptic Brooklyn. After avenging her lover's murder in the heart of Coney Island, Dewdrop now must make it back home to the L.E.S. before the shoguns of Kings County find her. In a play that mixes hip-hop culture, blaxploitation, and the martial arts, this production dials it back old school with a seventies-inspired samurai story. This is one slick slice with a sharp sword and a score to settle!
WHAT ARE CRITICS SAYING?
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Soul Samurai Packs a Whallop - The Best $20 You'll Ever Spend by
We needed a memorable experience for our out-of-town guests and Soul Samurai fit the bill. Five young performers acted their guts out for two hours. The fighting scenes were frequent and fantastic. The script, though still in need of polish, was humorous and cleverer than most. The music 1970s/early 80s funk, r&b moved the story forward in interesting ways. I am taking everyone I know to see it... I am now a Vampire Cowboys fan. Go in expecting a lot from this low-budget off-off Broadway show. It delivers.
- Sarah. R.
Reviewed by scarlettsrevenge
on Wednesday, Feb 18th, 2009
RE:Soul Samurai Packs a Whallop - The Best $20 You'll Ever Spend
We needed a memorable experience for our out-of-town guests and Soul Samurai fit the bill. Five young performers acted their guts out for two hours. The fighting scenes were frequent and fantastic. The script ? though still in need of polish ? was humorous and cleverer than most. The music 1970s/early 80s funk, r&b moved the story forward in interesting ways. I?m taking everyone I know to see it... I?m now a Vampire Cowboys fan. Go in expecting a lot from this low-budget off-off Broadway show ? it delivers.
- Sarah. R.
Reviewed by scarlettsrevenge
on Wednesday, Feb 18th, 2009
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A pop culture explosion of influences ranging from comic books to Blaxploitation films, Qui Nguyen's Soul Samurai, now at HERE Arts Center, is a wildly funny, action-packed delight. Co-presented by Ma-Yi Theater and Vampire Cowboys Theater Company, the work is stylishly directed by Robert Ross Parker and showcases Nguyen's dynamic (and often hilarious) fight choreography.
Set in an alternate reality New York City overrun by gangs and divided into fiefdoms, it tells the story of woman warrior Dewdrop (Maureen Sebastian), who is out to avenge the death of her female lover, Sally December (Bonnie Sherman). Accompanied by her sidekick Cert (Paco Tolson), she sets out to kill Boss 2K (Sheldon B[...]