The Capital Mall
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CURRENTLY CLOSED
Opened May 13, 2005
Closed Jun 12, 2005
Opened May 13, 2005
Closed Jun 12, 2005
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Running Time:
2hr. 0min.
2hr. 0min.
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WHAT IS IT ABOUT?
The Capital Mall is a rock opera in two acts about love and life in the working world of modern day America. Set against the grim backdrop of corporate downsizing and layoffs, it is the story of a few simple people struggling to deal with the harsh realities of our increasingly detached and dehumanized society.
As the title suggests, the story takes place in and around a busy urban shopping mall. Writer/Director Eric Jaimes based the play loosely on the Fulton Mall and its surrounding environs in downtown Brooklyn. Locales include the Montague Street shopping district and the beautiful Brooklyn Heights Promenade. While the mall serves as both the ensemble's place of employment and a powerful symbol of corporate America, the play focuses more deeply on the profound psycho-social impact that "bottom-line obsession" has on the workers who actually drive corporate success. And what it reveals is that the constant push for increased profitability, even in a place as unlikely as a shopping mall, often comes at the expense of our own humanity.
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The Capital Mall, a rock-opera about a group of twenty-somethings entering the corporate world, tries to be an Everyman story about life in capitalist society. But the characters are so ludicrous, the plot is so implausible, and the settings are so phony that it would be difficult to find any half-way realistic character or experience in it.
Written and composed by Eric Jaimes, the show is set in the headquarters of a mall in Brooklyn Heights, where a team of dedicated youngsters is in charge of security. Mostly, they're just trying to kill time: Johnny (Max Ferguson) is engaged to marry Marlene (Sheena Marie Ortiz), and the other employees take turns trying to break them up. Shari (R[...]