(photos above are from the NYTimes review: http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/22/theater/the-mysteries-retells-the-bible-at-the-flea-theater.html?_r=0
Kent and I were thrilled to see this 4.5 hours of theater (adding another 1 hour for intermissions) at the Flea Theater yesterday. It is rambunctious, loud, in-your-face, epic scale drama and action. Written by 48 playwrights, the show is performed by a cast of 48 with a choir of another 20 - all packed into a little red box of a stage surrounding the audience 360 degrees. It was entirely thrilling and exhilarating.
Our favorite writers and most memorable sections:
ACT I - THE FALL
Dael Orlandersmith Song of the Trimorph (Lucifer’s Lament)
Liz Duffy Adams Falling for You
Johnna Adams God’s Rules
Jordan Harrison The Annunciation
Chris Dimond The Slaughter of the Innocents
ACT II - THE SACRIFICE
Max Posner The Woman Taken in Adultery
Amy Freed The Raising of Lazarus
ACT III - THE KINGDOM
Don Nguyen The Death of Christ
Billy Porter/Kirsten Greenidge Ascension
Meghan Kennedy The Gospel According to Mary Magdalene
Lillian Groag The Death of Mary
Najla Said The Assumption of Mary
Michael Mitnick The Last Judgment
José Rivera Sermon of The Senses
The program: http://www.theflea.org/files/uploads/1402693355.pdf
