Now That Communism Is Dead, My Life Feels Empty
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Opened Jan 18, 2001
Closed Apr 29, 2001
Opened Jan 18, 2001
Closed Apr 29, 2001
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Richard Foreman's latest work, Now That Communism Is Dead, My Life Feels Empty, focuses on two hipsters, adrift in a world of multinational conglomerates and media manipulation as they plunge into a Foremanesque landscape of music and madness while awaiting spiritual renewal. Along the way they must contend with vicious dogs and a Messiah who keeps looming in the doorway. Tony Torn and Jay Smith, last seen together in Foreman's Paradise Hotel, portray the two very lost souls.
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There is no experience quite like a Richard Foreman show--except, perhaps, another Richard Foreman show. Reflective glass partitions allow you to watch both the onstage action and the audience response. Lengths of string and other objects don't actually obstruct sightlines but do alter the way in which the production is viewed. Foreman's actors are amplified by microphones, and loud noises and dizzying lighting changes interrupt the play at perfectly calculated but seemingly random moments. On top of all this, the downtown auteur often may be found among the audience at his shows.
When I saw his latest production, Now That Communism Is Dead, My Life Feels Empty, Foreman sat two seats [...]