Well, to start off, it can be pretty difficult to find the the Bleeker Street Theatre unless you know where you’re going! It took me and my mom a while and a few helpful locals to find our way. When you finally walk in, you see a deli/café. Wait, what?! Yes, café/deli by day and theater by showtime. At the ‘bar’ (it’s all VERY kid-friendly) you can purchase merchandise from the show, candy, sandwiches and t-shirts from the deli. There is a seating area and a computer. When I picked up my tickets for The Quantum Eye, I realized it was an assigned seat theater. As I entered, I saw a relatively small stage, tons of seats and more rows hidden behind curtains!
Sitting down and looking around me, I notice many groups of just adults. This shows that this is a show for everyone. It seemed quite full as the sole performer and mentalist, Sam Eaton, strolled out from backstage with his cane. [click to continue…]
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Yisrael Campbell in "a new comedy on the cutting edge." Ouch. (photo © Carol Rosegg)
Only in New York would you find a thrice-circumcised Irish Catholic-turned-Orthodox-Jew, kvetching about everything from terrorism to hard-core drugs to Baby Gap on an off-off Broadway stage behind a deli. That’s why, perhaps, the audience of Yisrael Campbell’s (formerly known as Christopher) one man comedy show, Circumcise Me, seems to be at least half tourists, hailing from places as far flung as Russia, Israel, and Alaska. But regardless of where they come from, they are all invariably Jewish.
This creates a warm tribal feeling in the tiny black box theater; there’s plenty of pre-show schmoozing, food-sharing, and offers of travel advice from the locals to the visitors. By the time the show starts, it feels a bit like a hipster Jew convention. [click to continue…]
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Fans of magic and comedy will rejoice at The Quantum Eye’s hefty offering of outstanding feats and light, quick-witted humor. Renowned mentalist and star of The Quantum Eye, Sam Eaton creates an atmosphere both mysterious and relaxed, shying away from the typical authoritative magician’s image and appealing to the audience as a charming intellectual. The tricks featured in the show range from tried-and-true card tricks to downright innovative acts involving newspapers, books, minty breath strips, and other inconspicuous items. [click to continue…]
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