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High Noon

First Preview: Sep 17, 2018
Opening Date: Oct 3, 2018
Closing Date: Oct 27, 2018
High Noon

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Playing @
Axis Theatre
1 Sheridan Square, New York, NY 10014
Axis Company presents HIGH NOON, a limited encore engagement of their adaptation of the screenplay for the 1952 Western film, devised by an ensemble led by Artistic Director Randy Sharp.

In this interpretation of High Noon, the Wild West is not the place of heroes and adventure, but a landscape of overbearing nothingness where humans, and their moral conflicts, are cast in glaring light. As the town awaits the alleged return, and savage revenge streak, of a murderer on the noon train, their marshal desperately tries to rally support and save his own life.
Off BroadwayPerformance ArtPlay - Drama
Show Notes: No Intermission
Age Guidance: 15
Audience Advisory: Added Performance Mon. Oct. 8 at 8 pm; No Performance Wed Oct. 17.

Performance Schedule

WEDNESDAY thru SATURDAY @ 8 PM


Written By
  • Adaptation devised by the Axis Ensemble

Director
  • Randy Sharp

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Full-price tickets:

$10.00 - $30.00

Lottery & Rush

$20 - Students/Seniors

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Reviews

  • This onstage anxiety dream forces us to reexamine what really is the "right thing," and why an allegedly heroic marshal would find himself alone... 'High Noon' couldn't be timelier as we reexamine political authority and who has the legitimacy to wield it. While the original film presented a black and white tale of duty, Axis admirably paints in shades of gray.”
  • Axis artistic director and founder Randy Sharp transforms a classic American Western into an existential purgatory…'Waiting for Godot' meets Clint Eastwood’s 'High Plains Drifter'…a kind of way station where there are no genuine heroes and everyone has to face their sins, both individually and as a community…(the) finale…(provides) a surprising, subtle twist…in this uncompromising morality tale about mid-twentieth-century America — and today.
  • This onstage anxiety dream forces us to reexamine what really is the "right thing," and why an allegedly heroic marshal would find himself alone... 'High Noon' couldn't be timelier as we reexamine political authority and who has the legitimacy to wield it. While the original film presented a black and white tale of duty, Axis admirably paints in shades of gray.”
  • Axis artistic director and founder Randy Sharp transforms a classic American Western into an existential purgatory…'Waiting for Godot' meets Clint Eastwood’s 'High Plains Drifter'…a kind of way station where there are no genuine heroes and everyone has to face their sins, both individually and as a community…(the) finale…(provides) a surprising, subtle twist…in this uncompromising morality tale about mid-twentieth-century America — and today.

Accessibility

  • Wheelchair Info

    There is an area to the side where wheel chairs can be seated.
  • Seating

    Seats 99
  • Elevator/Escalator

    None
  • Curb Ramps

    Yes, on the corner
  • Entrance

    Building entrance is street level, and the theatre is located down one flight of stairs.
  • Box Office

    The Box office is in the upper lobby.
  • Restroom

    There is one wheelchair accessible restroom.
  • Water Fountain

    None
  • Telephone

    None
  • Assisted Listening System

    None
  • Visual Assistance

    None
  • Folding Armrests

    None

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