Brooklyn theater group will help you move and perform a play

If your last six apartment moves have depleted the goodwill of friends and family, here’s a novel way to haul your crap that doesn’t involve Moishe: let a theater troupe do it for you. The Brooklyn-based actors of Rudy’s Meritocracy came up with this tasty little media biscuit of an idea when they realized they couldn’t afford to rent an actual stage somewhere.

So they thought, what clever gimmick will get us coverage in blogs and newspapers as well as a place to put on our play? Or maybe they had the idea to do a show in empty living rooms first and then wrote the play.

THISISMYREALLIFE is a very meta 40-minute show about “the agony and ecstacy of moving.” According to a NYTimes stat we didn’t doublecheck, a third of 20somethings move once a year. (Granny moment: what is with you kids?)

Given that so many NYC moves involve vacating one place and moving into another on the same day that someone else is leaving your new apartment, the window to put on a play would seem to be very short, especially if there are cleaning people involved. (We know that Brokesters are by definition cheap, but please don’t be that cheap.)

Nevertheless, Rudys’ enterprising trio (O’Hagan Blades, Charles Gariepy and Cordelia Istel) has come up with empty apartments in which to host two performances for press and friends on Sunday (March 25) in Prospect Park Southwest and Friday (April 6) in Bushwick. Email Rudy’s Meritocracy to see if you qualify as a friend, or if you want them to move your couch. They can provide character references, but they cannot guarantee your landlord and new neighbors will love you for putting on a play on your first night.

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Pulp Shakespeare

They remade Pulp Fiction in iambic pentameter and set it in the 1500's.

La Cage Aux Folles

On Saturday, I had the pleasure of going to the Kennedy Center to see the three-time Tony winning musical "La Cage Aux Folles". It was a blast. This is a great musical for everyone - well, maybe not little children or staunch conservatives because the dialogue and performances were a bit risque.

Here is a brief synopsis: Georges is an owner of a drag queen club called La Cage Aux Folles where his boyfriend, Albin aka Zaza, is the star. They live together in a house above the club. One day, Georges' son Jean-Michel stops by and informs his father that he is engaged to the daughter of a conservative politician and they are visiting to meet the family. Georges and Albin must pretend to have a normal family to impress their guests and hilarity ensues.

The show was hilarious. The audience was laughing the entire time, even my boyfriend. Before the show even started, a drag queen came on stage and proceeded to do a little stand-up comedy. Georges was played by the legend George Hamilton. Albin was played by Christopher Sieber who was the dad in the Olsen twins' 90s show "Two of a Kind" which I found really mind boggling but he definitely stole the show!

The show is only in DC till Feb. 12th so get your tickets asap before it's gone! I promise you won't be disappointed.

Shear Madness

Last Saturday, I went to see "Shear Madness" at the Kennedy Center and it was a great time! If you're from Boston, then you've probably heard of the play before since it's the longest-running off Broadway play and it's currently at the Charles Playhouse. The production at the Kennedy Center has been going on for over 20 years and is currently the second longest-running off Broadway play.

The play is a comedy who-dun-it mystery at historic Georgetown's Shear Madness salon. You delve into the background of the case and watch as the various suspects are subsequently questioned. The detectives use the help of the audience to solve the murder which makes for a unique performance each night and hilarious improvisation.

Tickets are on sale for $45 for all shows. You can buy them here. Definitely worth it in my opinion. Bring a date or a group of friends for the show!

The Book of Mormon to be made into a film

Broadway hit The Book of Mormon is to be made into a film, its writers have confirmed. "Hopefully it will have a big run and a big tour and then we can do the movie in several years," Trey Parker, who wrote the musical with fellow South Park creator Matt Stone and Avenue Q co-writer Robert Lopez, told EW.com

The multiple Tony-winning comedy-musical, about a pair of Mormon missionaries in Uganda, has been playing to sold-out houses and a national tour is set to begin in Denver next summer.

Parker and Stone, who are currently writing the remaining episodes of the current season of South Park, have previously made four films: 1993's Cannibal! The Musical, 1997's Orgazmo, 1999's South Park: Bigger Longer & Uncut, and 2004's Team America: World Police. The latter two were produced by Scott Rudin (No Country for Old Men, The Social Network) who also helped develop The Book of Mormon. "The great thing is," said Stone, "a lot of Broadway teams would have to go team up with a Hollywood producer and bring on a Hollywood director, but Trey's a director and Scott's a great producer. We've all made movies. So it's kind of cool, it can stay in the same family."

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