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Yi Sang Counts to 13
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CURRENTLY CLOSED
Opened Jan 12, 2002
Closed Feb 9, 2002

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WHAT IS IT ABOUT?

Suicidal love triangles. Sexual rituals with Diet Coke. A detective noir involving human limbs. Welcome to the strange and fantastic inner world of Korean surrealist writer Yi Sang, at least as reimagined by playwright/director Sung Rno. Yi Sang Counts to 13 was a recipient of a 2001 FringeNYC Excellence for Overall Production Award.

THEATER/VENUE INFORMATION:



Kraine Theater
85 E 4th St
New York, NY 10003


WHAT ARE CRITICS SAYING?

A man named Blue is so infatuated with a woman named Green that he can't draw his eyes away from her elbow, which he immortalizes in a poem. Although Green believes "poets are pretentious assholes," she proposes to him immediately and sings "What I Did For Love" while kicking the ever-loving crap out of him. To quote Mocador Production's press release, "Welcome to the strange and fantastic inner world of Korean surrealist writer Yi Sang." And welcome to the New York International Fringe Festival, where wonderful, experimental work like Yi Sang Counts to 13 can thrive.

Playwright Sung Rno's Yi Sang sets out to honor the titular author. But how do you capture a poet who wrote about usi[...]


Reviewed by Adam Klasfeld on Aug 15, 2001

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