The stage at Joe’s Pub in the Public Theater becomes a portal through which we meet a shape-shifting cast of time travelers, habitués from past and present Astor Place and the surrounding area. The piece looks at gentrification through the specifics of one New York neighborhood and asks: What is change? Does history merely repeat itself? The piece explores race relations and violence, the never-ending conflict between the 99 percent and the 1 percent, the role of tabloid news now and then, and a meditation on the book itself though dance and text.
Dendy hosts the evening as William B. Astor, heir to one of America’s first millionaires John Jacob Astor. Along the way we meet a writer, a reporter, a real estate agent and her clients, a male stripper, a freed slave, an East Village ‘80s punk, a disgruntled Irishman, and a book-burning preacher.
PERFORMANCE SCHEDULE:
WEDNESDAY thru SATURDAY @ 7 & 9 PM
Part of DANCENOW'S 20th Anniversary
Age Guidance: 16
Show Notes: No Intermission
Audience Advisory:
Joe’s Pub seating is communal, which means you may have other guests at your table. Please note there is a $12 food minimum or two drink minimum per person. As a courtesy to the artists we recommend arriving no later than thirty minutes before show time. Reservations are now made when tickets are purchased, it is no longer necessary to call the Pub for reservations. Seating for each show begins when doors open for that performance.