The Lyric Theatre Presents CRAZY HORSE, BOY, & KID WITH A BIKE Films 5/07-21

The Lyric Theatre, a venue which shows both film and stage productions, has just announced its May season of films, foreign and American.

CRAZY HORSE ~ May 7 at 1pm, 4pm, & 7pm

Documentary, French with English Subtitles, 134 min

Director Frederick Wiseman spent ten weeks with his camera exploring one of the most mythic places dedicated to women, ‘Crazy Horse’, the legendary Parisian cabaret club. Wiseman’s impeccable eye allows us to enter into this intriguing international temple of the Parisian club world and to discover what makes the Crazy Horse tick: elegance, perfectionism and a grueling schedule. The film takes us to the final curtain up, and the unveiling of the brand new show.

Inside Paris’s Crazy Horse cabaret – the most famous nude dance show in the world. Acclaimed documentary filmmaker Frederick Wiseman explores one of the most mythic and colorful places dedicated to women, the Crazy Horse – a legendary Parisian cabaret club, founded in 1951 by Alain Bernardin. Over the years it has become the Parisian nightlife ‘must’ for visitors, ranking alongside the Eiffel Tower and the Louvre. Wiseman’s impeccable eye finds the Crazy Horse a uniquely French showcase, with an emphasis on elegance, perfectionism and a grueling schedule (2 shows a night and 3 on Saturdays, 7 days a week). The film shows us the rehearsals for and the unveiling of the brand new show – Désir – created by the renowned French choreographer Phillippe Decoufle.

See Inside Paris’s Crazy Horse Cabaret

BOY ~ May 8 at 2pm, 4pm, & 7pm

Comedy/Drama, English, 90 min

The year is 1984, and on the rural East Coast of New Zealand “Thriller” is changing kids’ lives. Inspired by the Oscar nominated Two Cars, One Night, BOY is the hilarious and heartfelt coming-of-age tale about heroes, magic and Michael Jackson.

BOY is a dreamer who loves Michael Jackson. He lives with his brother ROCKY, a tribe of deserted cousins and his Nan.

Boy’s other hero, his father, ALAMEIN, is the subject of Boy’s fantasies, and he imagines him as a deep sea diver, war hero and a close relation of Michael Jackson (he can even dance like him). In reality he’s “in the can for robbery”.

When Alamein returns home after 7 years away, Boy is forced to confront the man he thought he remembered, find his own potential and learn to get along without the hero he had been hoping for.

THE KID WITH A BIKE ~ May 14 at 2pm, 4pm, & 7pm

Sponsored by The Zemsky Family in honor of Shirley Zemsky

Drama, French with English Subtitles, 87 min

Cyril, almost 12 years, has only one idea in mind: to find her father who was temporarily placed in a children's home. He runs into Samantha, who runs a hair salon and agrees to take him home for weekends. But Cyril is not yet the love he bears Samantha, that love which it requires in order to appease his anger...

THE TURIN HORSE ~ May 15 at 2pm, 4pm, & 7pm

B&W Drama, Hungarian with English Subtitles, 146 min

1889. German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche witnessed the whipping of a horse while traveling in Turin, Italy. He tossed his arms around the horse's neck to protect it then collapsed to the ground. In less than one month, Nietzsche would be diagnosed with a serious mental illness that would make him bed-ridden and speechless for the next eleven years until his death. But whatever did happen to the horse? This film, which is Tarr's last, follows up this question in a fictionalized story of what occurred. The man who whipped the horse is a rural farmer who makes his living taking on carting jobs into the city with his horse-drawn cart. The horse is old and in very poor health, but does its best to obey its master's commands. The Farmer and his daughter must come to the understanding that it will be unable to go on sustaining their livelihoods. The dying of the horse is the foundation of this tragic tale.

LOST BOHEMIA ~ May 21 at 2pm, 4pm, & 7pm

Documentary, English, 77 min

For over a century, Carnegie Hall rented affordable studio apartments atop the famous music hall to artistic tenants. Director Josef ‘Birdman’ Astor began to videotape his neighbors, but his project changed when the landlord served everyone with eviction notices.

For over 100 years, the most significant 20th century artists and performers have lived and worked in the 165 studios atop Carnegie Hall, including Marilyn Monroe, Isadora Duncan, Barnett Newman, Norman Mailer, Marlon Brando, and George Balanchine. In 2007, the Carnegie Hall Corporation began to systematically evict the artists (some in residence for over 60 years), destroy the studios, and convert the space into offices. Ironically, many of the elderly artists who were faced with eviction had been instrumental in saving Carnegie Hall when it was slated for demolition in 1960.

Dinner and a Movie ~ FERRIS BUELLER'S DAY OFF: May 19 at 6pm & 9pm

A high school wise guy is determined to have a day off from school, despite of what the principal thinks of that.

Ferris Bueller's Day Off is a 1986 American teen coming of age comedy film written and directed by John Hughes. The film follows high school senior Ferris Bueller (Matthew Broderick), who decides to skip school and spend the day in downtown Chicago. Accompanied by his girlfriend Sloane Peterson (Mia Sara) and his best friend Cameron Frye (Alan Ruck), he creatively avoids his school's Dean of Students Edward Rooney (Jeffrey Jones), his resentful sister Jeanie (Jennifer Grey), and his parents. During the film, Bueller frequently breaks the fourth wall by speaking directly to the camera to explain to the audience his techniques and thoughts.

Dinner will be served 30 minutes prior to each screening. The menu will be announced later. Doors will close promptly at 6:00 pm for early screening and 10:00 pm for late screening. Seating is limited. Reservations highly recommended.

The Lyric’s Flagler Center is located at 201 SW Flagler Avenue, in the former Flagler Park Recreation Center. The Lyric’s Flagler Center is a versatile multi-purpose venue that can be easily transformed into a black box theater, a dance club, a dinner theatre or an intimate concert setting.

The Center is owned by the City of Stuart and is operated by the Lyric Theatre. The venue is available for rent for everything from meetings to weddings; it will accommodate up to 370 people. For rental information, call 772-220-1942, ext. 216. Ticketing for Flagler Center performances is handled through the Lyric Theatre box office at 772- 286-7827 or online at www.lyrictheatre.com.

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