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FLYING KARAMAZOV BROTHERS Ends Off Broadway Run April 3

By: Mar. 24, 2011
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The world famous Flying Karamazov Brothers will play their final performance in New York on Sunday April 3 prior to a London engagement at the Vaudeville Theatre beginning June 9. Tickets for London will be available beginning April 1: Call 01144 844 412 4663 or visit www.fkb.com.

The New York run began on July 22, 2010 following a limited winter engagement which was received with critical acclaim, popular success, several pies in the face, and an offer to teach juggling in space*.

Each night, the audience is invited to bring objects to the theater for the FKBs to keep airborne in a challenge that ends either with a pie in the face or a standing ovation. As director / founder/ performer Paul Magid says, "Juggling is dropping." Julia Roberts had to go all the way to India to learn the same thing; you need only take the train to West 4th Street.

The show suits all audiences: adults, students, students who watch Glee, tourists, theatergoers, theatre-avoiders, pseudo-intellectuals, Abe Vigoda, the friendless, geeks, hedge fund managers, hedge fund managers who are now Duane Reade assistant managers, kids (but only gifted ones with a solid background in the classics), disgraced religious leaders, Kardashians, and politicians. Pardoned? Incarcerated? They don't discriminate.

The FKBs became the first show to broadcast live interactive theatre when a portion of the show known as ‘The Gamble" was live-streamed over the internet. Viewers can bet nightly on whether the FKBs will win the challenge of jugging objects brought in by the audience. Winners can earn points toward redemption of tickets, drinks, t-shirts, and in rare cases, souls.

They have shared many stages and screens collaborating with: Frank Sinatra, Placido Domingo, The Grateful Dead, The Who, Dolly Parton, Robin Williams, Patrick Dempsey, Danny DeVito, Michael Douglas, Cathleen Turner, Ken Kesey, Allen Ginsberg, Kenny Rogers, Los Lobos, The Smothers Brothers, Click and Clack the Tappett Brothers, Joyce Brothers and many, many, more.

THE Flying Karamazov Brothers features Paul Magid, Mark Ettinger, Rod Kimball, and Stephen Bent. Written by Paul Magid and The Flying Karamazov Brothers, Directed by Paul Magid, Choreographed byDoug Elkins, Music Direction by Mark Ettinger, Costumes by Susan Hilferty, Lighting Design by David Hutson, Set Design by The Flying Karamazov Brothers, Original Music by Mark Ettinger, Doug Wieselman, and Howard Patterson.

TICKET INFORMATION (NEW YORK):
Tickets for THE Flying Karamazov Brothers are priced at $60, $45 and $20 for all performances, except Sunday night at 7 PM when all tickets are $39. They are available by calling Ticketmaster.com at (800) 982-2787, online at Ticketmaster.com or in person at the Minetta Lane Theatre box office (18 Minetta Lane, NYC).

PERFORMANCE SCHEDULE AND RUNNING TIME:
Friday at 8 pm; Saturday at 1 pm, 3 pm, 8 pm; Sunday at 1 pm, 3 pm, 7 pm. The show is performed without an intermission and the running time is 80 minutes.




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