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The Bedbug

First Preview: Apr 6, 2018
Opening Date: Apr 6, 2018
Closing Date: May 6, 2018
Running Time: 01:35
The Bedbug

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Playing @
Medicine Show Theatre
549 W 52nd St-3rd floor, New York, NY 10019
Vicious in its mockery of early Communist society, The Bedbug tells the story of Ivan Prisypkin, a worker who wants to marry into the bourgeoisie and live a life of decadence. But a bizarre accident at his wedding leaves him frozen in a block of ice. Flash forward 50 years in the utopian (not so vaguely communist) future, where passion, vice, and even love is ancient history. A defrosted Prisypkin wakes in this cold new world to find himself a zoo attraction, the bedbug that was accidentally frozen with him now his lone companion.

This production – the first fully staged one in New York since the 1970s
– will be performed with an ensemble of 9 actors playing over 90 roles, and honor the zany spirit of the original, while highlighting the paradox of how much and how little has changed in the last 90 years. The show uses Dmitri Shostakovich’s original score, once thought lost until unearthed from the Soviet state files in the 1990s, as a stepping stone of inspiration for original live incidental music
Off-Off BroadwayPlay - ComedyPlay - Drama
Show Notes: No Intermission
Age Guidance: 15
Audience Advisory: Friday performance 4/13 at 5:30 pm

Performance Schedule

WEDNESDAY thru SATURDAY @ 7:30 PM
SUNDAY @ 3 PM


Written By
  • Vladimir Mayakovsky

Director
  • Ashley Wren Collins

TDF Tickets Offers:

TDF Member tickets:

Not currently available for this show

Listed at

Never

Full-price tickets:

$15.00 - $15.00

Accessibility

  • Box Office

    Box office is in the lobby. The counter is not wheelchair acessible.
  • Curb Ramps

    none
  • Restroom

    On the same level as the theatre.
  • Elevator/Escalator

    Yes: Elevator
  • Telephone

    none
  • Entrance

    Entrance to the building is street level. The theatre is located on the third floor, and is accessible by elevator.
  • Visual Assistance

    none
  • Folding Armrests

    none
  • Water Fountain

    none
  • Assisted Listening System

    none
  • Wheelchair Info

    removable seating.

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