So, what is horror? Let the search begin...
I have always advocated knowledge through firsthand experience. For example: I could tell you that a knife is really sharp a million times, but you wouldn't really know what "sharp" meant until you decided to juggle a set of six sushi blades while blindfolded, right?
Right...
(Not right. Seriously, don't try that.)
In that vein, I am providing the first installment of "Killing Spree" - a weekly/bi-weekly roundup of all the creeptacular goings-on about town.
Maybe you'll spot me at some of them, maybe you won't, maybe I'm trying to get you to leave the house because I'm hiding in your closet and plan on setting a bear trap underneath your pillow as soon as you're gone.
Who knows?
Guess you'll just have to find out for yourself!
Ending soon
MONICA COOK :: VOLLEY
Closes February 11th
And that's all I have to say about that.
Postmasters Gallery
459 W 19th Street @ 10th Avenue
New York, NY 10019 (map)
Tuesday through Saturday 11 - 6 PM
RANDOM ACCESS THEATRE presents "Rope"
Closes February 12th
You probably haven't heard of him, but there's this really nifty guy named Alfred Hitchcock and he made some pretty great movies involving rather creepy themes. I'm going on hearsay here, because I haven't actually seen it, but apparently Rope is an underrated one.
Well, on the off chance that you haven't seen it either, here is a perfect opportunity to catch it in play form, as presented by the acting group Random Access.
Check out this little preview:
Here's an idea: My friend is having a dinner party next week, so why don't we drop by her place after checking the performance out together? Sounds like a plan.
$25
General Admission
$35
Reserved
The
Access Theatre
380
Broadway @ White Street
New
York, NY 10013 (map)
REAL/SURREAL
@ The Whitney Museum
Closes February 12th
 |
| Lily and the Sparrows, 1939 |
If
my subconscious were an apartment, I'm pretty certain Francis Bacon and Yves
Tanguy would have done the interior decorating...
... along
with Mr. Philip Everwood to my left here. This
is a show I won't be missing.
Whitney Museum of American
Art
945
Madison Avenue at 75th Street
New
York, NY 10021 (map)
Closed
Mondays; Open 11 AM - 6 PM all other days (until 9 PM on Fridays)
General
Admission: $18
Students, Ages 19-25, 62+:
$12
Ages
<18: Free
Admission
is pay-what-you-wish on Fridays from 6 - 9 PM
THE
WORLD OF FROUD
Closes February 12th
"Animazing Gallery will be presenting
the first U.S. exhibition of Brian Froud's paintings and drawings, including
original artworks from his published, international best-selling books and all
of his concept drawings from Jim Henson’s film Labyrinth."
I
don't think I need to add any other justifications for your checking this
exhibition out. Oh wait... I think some of the puppets are on display as
well.
Now
I don't need to add anything else.
Animazing
Gallery Mon
- Sat: 10:00 AM - 7:00 PM
54
Greene Street @ Broome Street Sun: 11:00 AM - 6:00 PM
New
York, NY (map)
Coming Attractions
Opening this Friday:
"Arthur Kipps (Daniel Radcliffe), recently widowed and still grieving the
loss of his wife, is sent to a remote village to put a deceased eccentric's
affairs in order. But soon after his arrival, it becomes clear that the
villagers are hiding a deadly secret. Kipps discovers that
his late client's house is haunted by the spirit of a woman who is trying to
find someone and something she lost, and that no one -- not even the children
-- is safe from her terrible wrath."
Yep. Definitely seeing this.
"The last two employees
(Sara Paxton, Pat Healy) of a century-old haunted hotel go on the hunt for
ghosts."
Those who know me, know how obsessed I am with haunted hotels.
Opening 2/17:
"While hiding out in Eastern
Europe, Johnny Blaze (Nicolas Cage) must once again become the Ghost Rider when
members of a secret church hire him to save a boy from Satan."
Nicolas Cage heard you were making fun of him, so he's here to make you pay for it.
No, really. He's broke. He wants your money.
Opening 2/24:
"In the new suspense thriller GONE, Jill Parrish (Amanda Seyfried) comes
home from a night shift to discover her sister Molly has been abducted. Jill,
who had escaped from a kidnapper a year before, is convinced that the same
serial killer has come back for her sister. Afraid that
Molly will be dead by sundown, Jill embarks on a heart-pounding chase to find
the killer, expose his secrets and save her sister."
But... but... it has Wes Bentley in it... it can't be that bad... right?
RIGHT???
Ongoing
CARRIE: The Musical
Until April 30th
Do you find yourself just lying around, feeling mopey, crying into your dirty pillows?
Well then boy-o, do I have the perfect event for you!
MCC Theater at
The Lucille Lortel Theatre
121 Christopher Street
New York, NY 10014 (map)
Runtime: 2 hours 15 mins
Weekly Schedule:
Tuesday, Wednesday, Sunday - 7 PM
Thursday, Friday, Saturday - 8 PM
Saturday & Sunday - 2 PM
Ticket range from $89 to $149
Buy tickets http://www.mcctheater.org/tickets.html
or
MCC Theater Offices
311 W 43rd Street, #302
New York, NY 212.727.7722
*** Update: Apparently, this musical is truly a horrorshow, and not of the good kind. Then again, do you put stock in what the New Yorker has to say about anything? ***
You should go. To all of these events.
They're all gonna laugh at you if you don't.
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