VERA; OR, THE NIHILISTS Begins Performances Tonight at HERE
Oscar Wilde's outlandish first play Vera; Or, The Nihilists, a young assassin's struggle with love, rebellion, and political idealism, receives it's first ever New York revival since its 1883 debut, courtesy queer company Femme Fatale Theater, at downtown's Obie Award-winning HERE beginning tonight, Feb. 12.
VERA; OR, THE NIHILISTS Begins Performances 2/12 at HERE
Oscar Wilde's outlandish first play Vera; Or, The Nihilists, a young assassin's struggle with love, rebellion, and political idealism, receives it's first ever New York revival since its 1883 debut, courtesy queer company Femme Fatale Theater, at downtown's Obie Award-winning HERE beginning Feb. 12.
Photo Flash: Meet the Cast of Queens Players and Femme Fatale's THE BACCHAE
The Queens Players in association with Femme Fatale Theater presents Euripides' timeless tragedy The Bacchae,in a production dripping with a sense of foreboding dark comedy and sexual menance this March 28th through April 13th at The Secret Theatre in Long Island City, Queens. Femme Fatale Theater Co-Founder Robert Ribar directs a cast lead by Peter Oliver ('Law & Order: Special Victims Unit') as the seductive god Dionysus and Michael Axelrod (The Flea's Restoration Comedy) as the doomed king Pentheus in a production that features an all-male chorus and an original ambient music score employing viola, clarinet and Gregorian chant. Meet the cast in the photos below!
Photo Flash: Femme Fatale Theater’s SALOME
Femme Fatale Theater's new production of Oscar Wilde's SALOME features an all-male cast, exploring unrequited lust and sexual taboos through a darkly comic queer aesthetic.
Femme Fatale Theater's All-Male SALOME Opens This Week
Femme Fatale Theater's irreverent and erotic new production of Oscar Wilde's SALOME features an all-male cast, exploring unrequited lust and sexual taboos through a darkly comic queer aesthetic. This wickedly funny tale of sex, death, and head follows Salome, the spoiled step-daughter of Herod, ruler of Judea, and her quest to obtain the affections of a feared prophet by any means necessary, including her infamous Dance of the Seven Veils.
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