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Be Careful! The Sharks Will Eat You!

Opening Date: Aug 8, 2011
Closing Date: Jul 10, 2016
Running Time: 01:10
Be Careful! The Sharks Will Eat You!

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Playing @
13th Street Repertory
50 W 13th St, New York, NY 10011
Written and performed by Jay Alvarez and directed by Theresa Gambacorta.

Sharks takes you to the sultry beats of The Tropicana in the 1950s, the danger of Fulgencio Batistas fall and Fidel Castros rise to power, a political revolution and a CIA attempt to separate children from parents, the longing for a better life that propels one to throw themselves, under the cover of a moonless night into the unknown- events that shaped the Alvarez family's escape from Cuba in 1964.

WINNER
Best Of Fringe - Hollywood Fringe Festival
Best Solo Performance
2011 New York International Fringe Festival 

PERFORMANCE SCHEDULE:
SUNDAY @ 2 PM
Off-Off BroadwayPlay - ComedyPerformance ArtPlay - Drama
Show Notes: No Intermission
Age Guidance: 16
Audience Advisory: Post-show complimentary wine reception with munchies

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Reviews

  • .....enough humor, human engagement and outbursts of cubanismos to make the show a wondrous and compelling watch.

    ------NY Daily News


  • Mr. Alvarez..is an evocative tale teller.he efffortlessly summons up at least half a dozen characters ans s wivels easilly between English and Spanish"

    -----New York Times
  • .....enough humor, human engagement and outbursts of cubanismos to make the show a wondrous and compelling watch.

    ------NY Daily News


  • Mr. Alvarez..is an evocative tale teller.he efffortlessly summons up at least half a dozen characters ans s wivels easilly between English and Spanish"

    -----New York Times

Accessibility

  • Wheelchair Info

    Seating only available to those who can get in and out of seats
  • Seating

    Seats 65-70
  • Entrance

    4 steps down into theatre lobby; two steps up and four steps down theatre aisle.
  • Restroom

    on same level as lobby.
  • Assisted Listening System

    no
  • Folding Armrests

    no

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