News on your favorite shows, specials & more!

Off-Broadway Cookin' to Close at Minetta Lane, Aug. 7

By: Jul. 12, 2005
Enter Your Email to Unlock This Article

Plus, get the best of BroadwayWorld delivered to your inbox, and unlimited access to our editorial content across the globe.




Existing user? Just click login.

Cookin', the off-Broadway show that is the first-ever long-running Korean production in New York City, has announced a closing date after 632 performances at the Minetta Lane Theatre.  The show will play its last performance on Sunday, August 7th.

LATEST NEWS

Broadway Buying Guide: December 30, 2024- It's GYPSY's Turn on Top
Video: Sara Bareilles Covers Elton John in Kennedy Center Concert Clip
Last Chance To Vote For The 2024 BroadwayWorld Regional Awards Worldwide
Video: Exclusive Clip Reveals WICKED's Journey from Broadway to Big Screen
Conceived and directed by Seung Whan Song, Cookin' opened at the Minetta Lane on March 7th, 2004.  Presented by PMC Production Co. Ltd., Song, Kwang Ho Lee, The Broadway Asia Company, Simone Genatt Haft and Marc Routh, in association with Zemiro, Mort Swinsky and Amy Danis/Mark Johannes, the play was recently presented as part of the 2003-2004 season at New York's New Victory Theatre. 

The show, was "originally developed in Seoul by PMC Production Co. Ltd.  in 1997...it applies the traditional rhythms of Samulnori - a form of Korean music - to a fast-paced kitchen percussion show combining comedy, rhythm and non-verbal performance that culminate into a dynamic and delicious evening of performance. The typical instruments of Samulnori have all been replaced with utensils commonly found in the kitchen including knives, cutting boards, pots, pans, chopsticks and woks."  The show features "four crazy Korean chefs who are working against the clock to prepare a complete wedding banquet.  With an overheated Maitre D' intent on keeping the foursome on schedule, Cookin' slices, dices, chops and beats a delightfully spellbinding blend of martial arts, drumming and dance."

Cookin,' which recently completed a successful North American tour, features scenic design by Dong Woo Park, costume design by Hee Joo Kim, lighting design by Hak Young Kim and sound design by Jai Hyun Park.  The show will continue to tour world-wide, with a tour of Mainland China, Indonesia and Hong Kong and engagements throughout Europe and Russia also planned.  In the last five years, the show has played to over 2 million people worldwide in over 20 countries.

Cookin' plays Wednesday through Friday evenings at 8 p.m.; Saturdays at 2 p.m., 6p.m. and 9 p.m.; and Sundays at 2 p.m. and 5:30 p.m.

Tickets, which are $40-65, are available by calling the Minetta Lane Theatre Box Office at (212) 420-8000 or Ticketmaster.com at (212) 307-4100, or in person at the Minetta Lane Theatre Box Office (18 Minetta Lane, one block south of W. 3rd St., between 6th Ave. and McDougal St.).







Videos