YOUR CUP RUNNETH OVER . . .


One can't legitimately review a theater company where one's work has been produced--and Gallery Players in Brooklyn has done some of my one-acts, and friends of mine work there often. But on the other hand, this IS a blog, such that opinions clearly labeled as such are legit--and I am the proprietor of this blog, after all. So with disclaimer firmly set forth, I still recommend that you snap up the remaining seats for their current production of URINETOWN. (I'm told Saturday night is sold out, but for tomorrow night at 8 pm or Sunday at 3 pm, you may still have a chance.) Gallery Players left the gate as a community theater years ago and is now among NYC's premiere showcase companies, attracting top flight talent (and attentive audiences) to Park Slope and to it's cozy basement theater on 14th Street and 4th Avenue. The work is consistently excellent and if you've missed a Broadway or Off-Broadway hit (no matter how risky the subject), chances are you can catch it shortly thereafter at Gallery Players in a sharp, highly professional production--and for a fraction of the price you'd pay in Manhattan! URINETOWN was the show I'd always meant to get to but somehow never did during its Broadway run. (In brief, it's a Brechtian send-up about a metropolis with a water shortage that charges people to pee--and the corruption and rebellion that ensues.) Here, it's given a gifted production--beautifully cast, sharply directed, well designed and musically clean as a whistle. This Tony-winning show may not be high art, but it is certainly witty, savvy and musically sophisticated, and the GP production gets every drop of juice out of it (pun intended). You will come away highly entertained. For more information and/or reservations, go to www.galleryplayers.com or call 212-352-3101.