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Baryshnikov Arts Center presents
The Wooster Group - North Atlantic
Wednesday, March 10, 2010 through Sunday, April 25, 2010
Length: 1 hr 30 mins
Intermission: None
Seating: General Admission
You choose your seats when you get to the theater.
$45 - Orchestra and Front Balcony
$30 - Rear Balcony tickets Click here
$20 - Rush tickets available at the door one hour prior to each performance (limited number)
The Wooster Group's North Atlantic takes a satiric look at the role of the military and the growing influence of technology in American culture during the late Cold War period, after Vietnam and before the fall of the Berlin Wall. The work follows an international peacekeeping force on an aircraft carrier in the North Atlantic, tracing the cultural and sexual dynamics that rise to the fore as they carry out their top-secret mission. Written expressly for the company by James Strahs in 1982, North Atlantic joined a series of Wooster Group works rooted in American themes and told in the rhythms of the American vernacular—works based on texts by Thornton Wilder, Arthur Miller, Eugene O’Neill and Gertrude Stein. North Atlantic plays with nostalgia for the analog (pre-digital) 1980s through slang, song and dance.
Featuring Steve Cuiffo, Ari Fliakos, Koosil-ja, Paul Lazar, Frances McDormand, Zachary Oberzan, Jenny Seastone Stern, Scott Shepherd, Maura Tierney, and Kate Valk.
"It's a quintessentially American musical as only the Wooster Group could conceive it." ... "Mr. Strahs, Ms. LeCompte and the Wooster ensemble demonstrate perfect pitch," -Ben Brantley, The New York Times
Click here for the full review
"Terrific fun" ... "NORTH ATLANTIC is a dirty, clever, exhilarating thrill ride as only The Wooster Group could devise," -David Cote, Time Out New York
Click here for the full review
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