The Slug Bearers of Kayrol Island
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CURRENTLY CLOSED
Opened Feb 12, 2008
Closed Mar 16, 2008
Opened Feb 12, 2008
Closed Mar 16, 2008
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WHAT IS IT ABOUT?
Tom Riis Farrell, Peter Friedman, and Bobby Steggert star in the Vineyard Theatre's production of The Slug Bearers of Kayrol Island (Or, The Friends of Dr. Rushower). Bob McGrath directs.
The show, which features libretto and drawings by Ben Katchor and music composed by Mark Mulcahy, is set in and around Manhattan and on a tropical factory-island of exploited workers. Katchor was inspired by the tradition of the "picture reciter," a form of live entertainment from 17th-century India. Updating and exploring this tradition, he has created original, hand-drawn still and animated sequences which complement Mulcahy's indie-rock score.
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Vineyard Theatre
108 E 15th St
New York, NY 10003
Vineyard is a nonprofit Off-Broadway theatre company that has produced groundbreaking new plays and musicals for over 20 years. Notable plays originating at the Vineyard include Paula Vogel's How I Learned to Drive (1998 Pulitzer), Edward Albee's Th [...] Read More
108 E 15th St
New York, NY 10003
Vineyard is a nonprofit Off-Broadway theatre company that has produced groundbreaking new plays and musicals for over 20 years. Notable plays originating at the Vineyard include Paula Vogel's How I Learned to Drive (1998 Pulitzer), Edward Albee's Th [...] Read More
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amazing, almost magical
this is one of the most orginal and unusual pieces of theater ive ever seen. its visually stunning and the music is gorgeous.
Reviewed by OV1794
on Friday, Feb 29th, 2008
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The Slug Bearers of Kayrol Island, the new musical at the Vineyard Theatre, has a great deal going for it: Pictorial novelist Ben Katchor's offbeat text and imagery (projected large and in lush color), Mark Mulcahy's congenial indie-rock score, and an absolutely superb seven-actor ensemble. But in the end, one is still left wanting more, such as a few more twists to the faux-ingenuous plot or a bit more gravitas to the unflaggingly whimsical proceedings.
World-famous electrolysist Dr. Rushower (twinkly Peter Friedman) and his American lit grad-student daughter GinGin (winsome Jody Flader) occupy a posh Manhattan penthouse, and the droppings from their exuberant dinners occasionally splatte[...]