Nico:Underground

Opening Date: Sep 11, 2014

Closing Date: Sep 28, 2014

Running Time: 01:15

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Theater for the New City

155 First Ave, New York, NY 10003

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In Nico: Underground, directed by Michael Schiralli, Tammy Faye Starlite stars as the '60s icon, Warhol superstar and Velvet Underground centerpiece who was born Christina Paffagen in pre-war Cologne, Germany.

Starlite has spent the better part of four years developing the original script that draws from videos, interviews, biographies, rare recordings as well as first person interviews with those who personally knew the Teutonic chanteuse. Her seriocomic portrayal is a masterful characterization that includes performance of songs by Lou Reed, Jim Morrison, Jackson Browne, David Bowie, Gordon Lightfoot, Bob Dylan, Rogers and Hart as well as Nico’s own compositions. Nico: Underground’ is the world's first and only Sturm und Drang jukebox musical. Tammy Faye is joined onstage by Jeff Ward as The Interviewer; the two recreate actual encounters Nico had with journalists, based on the text by T. D. Lang.

PERFORMANCE SCHEDULE:
THURSDAY thru SATURDAY @ 8 PM
SUNDAY @ 3 PM

Off-Off Broadway Musical Performance Art

Show Notes: No Intermission

Age Guidance: 16

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In her remarkable — and howlingly funny — portrayal of Nico, the 1960s chanteuse and muse to musical greats of the time, the singer and performance artist Tammy Faye Starlite is both vividly present and somehow barely there. “Nico: Underground,” at Theater for the New City, resurrects both the title character and some of the zonked-out mood of the psychedelic era. Although Ms. Starlite can only pretend to smoke a cigarette in the basement space in which the show is staged, I began to feel I was inhaling fumes from something stronger, or had somehow been transported back to the late 1960s, when Nico was in her mythic prime.

-------New York Times

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In her remarkable — and howlingly funny — portrayal of Nico, the 1960s chanteuse and muse to musical greats of the time, the singer and performance artist Tammy Faye Starlite is both vividly present and somehow barely there. “Nico: Underground,” at Theater for the New City, resurrects both the title character and some of the zonked-out mood of the psychedelic era. Although Ms. Starlite can only pretend to smoke a cigarette in the basement space in which the show is staged, I began to feel I was inhaling fumes from something stronger, or had somehow been transported back to the late 1960s, when Nico was in her mythic prime.

-------New York Times

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In her remarkable — and howlingly funny — portrayal of Nico, the 1960s chanteuse and muse to musical greats of the time, the singer and performance artist Tammy Faye Starlite is both vividly present and somehow barely there. “Nico: Underground,” at Theater for the New City, resurrects both the title character and some of the zonked-out mood of the psychedelic era. Although Ms. Starlite can only pretend to smoke a cigarette in the basement space in which the show is staged, I began to feel I was inhaling fumes from something stronger, or had somehow been transported back to the late 1960s, when Nico was in her mythic prime.

-------New York Times

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In her remarkable — and howlingly funny — portrayal of Nico, the 1960s chanteuse and muse to musical greats of the time, the singer and performance artist Tammy Faye Starlite is both vividly present and somehow barely there. “Nico: Underground,” at Theater for the New City, resurrects both the title character and some of the zonked-out mood of the psychedelic era. Although Ms. Starlite can only pretend to smoke a cigarette in the basement space in which the show is staged, I began to feel I was inhaling fumes from something stronger, or had somehow been transported back to the late 1960s, when Nico was in her mythic prime.

-------New York Times

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Accessibility

Box Office

Counter 43".
Parking

SVI Permit.
Curb Ramps

All corners.
Passenger Loading Zone

Front.
Restroom

Unisex: Lobby. Lightweight door 33". Stall 66" x 68". Commode 19". Grab bars.
Seating

Four Theatres: Three on lobby-level (one seating 240, two seating 99 each), one in basement (seats 65). No fixed seating in any of the theaters.
Elevator/Escalator

Elevator: For access to basement theater. Lift for one person using wheelchair and one ambulatory person. Operated with key by house manager.
Telephone

Lobby. Coin slot 61". Cord 29".
Entrance

Ground level. Double doors in series (each 36"). Easy to operate with adequate maneuvering space.
Visual Assistance

None.
Water Fountain

None.
Assisted Listening System

None.
Wheelchair Info

No fixed seating in any of the theaters.

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Box Office

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Curb Ramps

Passenger Loading Zone

Restroom

Seating

Elevator/Escalator

Telephone

Entrance

Visual Assistance

Water Fountain

Assisted Listening System

Wheelchair Info

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