Comments on: The arts world digs ninjas

The arts world digs ninjas

1-2punch — Tue, 12 Jun 2007 07:04:44 -0800

Tiny Ninja Theatre does Macbeth at the National Center for the Performing Arts to raves.

By: dreamsign

dreamsign — Tue, 12 Jun 2007 07:23:41 -0800

Goddamnit it's not fair. I do stuff like this with shrimp heads all the time.

By: ~

Tue, 12 Jun 2007 07:24:14 -0800

Webcast tonight at 6 est.

By: Faint of Butt

Faint of Butt — Tue, 12 Jun 2007 07:32:41 -0800

So if you're spending the day in DC, you can take the kids to this production of the Scottish Play, and then leave them at home while you go see this one. It's Shakespeare-riffic!

By: exogenous

exogenous — Tue, 12 Jun 2007 07:39:30 -0800

Part of the Millennium Stage series of free 6:00 shows at the Kennedy Center.

By: milquetoast

milquetoast — Tue, 12 Jun 2007 07:40:33 -0800

Outstanding. I produced this show at the 2002 Edinburgh Festival, during which time we handily sold out the entire run. Of course, we could only seat twelve people at a time (and four of those weren't even seated), but still. Dov is a truly incredible Shakespearian performer, and you should catch the webcast if you can. Searching for a venue was quite an experience. "Hello. It says here your main space seats 230 people. Well, do you maybe have a large closet or a storage room off to the side somewhere? I have a guy who does the Scottish play with one-inch-tall ninjas on a two-foot-square puppet stage. Oh, visibility's not a problem, we pass out opera glasses as you walk in." And then a string of venue owners, who normally get 1500 pounds a week for a performance space, had to figure out how much to charge me for a broom closet. Good times.

By: mediareport

mediareport — Tue, 12 Jun 2007 07:41:02 -0800

I saw this show at the Manbites Dog theater in Durham a year or two ago; it was incredible. They only sell 25 or so tickets to each show since the stage is so small, and there were cute little plastic binoculars waiting for the audience on each seat. It's one guy dressed in black, sitting at a table with a mic headset, doing all the voices himself as he moves the toy figures around the tiny little stage, using a foot pedal to turn little spotlights on and off. He has a technical director with him, but it's basically a one-man tour de force. It was genius.

By: chuckdarwin

chuckdarwin — Tue, 12 Jun 2007 07:47:52 -0800

Hey milquetoast, I know of a venue that would suit.

By: slimepuppy

slimepuppy — Tue, 12 Jun 2007 07:48:54 -0800

I have never heard of this before and I love it, love it. And to think he performed at Stratford upon Avon. Awesome.

By: uri

uri — Tue, 12 Jun 2007 07:53:52 -0800

Is there any way to watch the webcast that doesn't involve installing realplayer?

By: chuckdarwin

chuckdarwin — Tue, 12 Jun 2007 08:11:10 -0800

uri - try real alternative Friends don't let friends use realplayer.

By: XQUZYPHYR

XQUZYPHYR — Tue, 12 Jun 2007 08:57:07 -0800

So awesome. I remember first hearing about this when I was at NYU and he was doing shows in the Village. It's great that's it's still going, and strong.

By: XQUZYPHYR

XQUZYPHYR — Tue, 12 Jun 2007 08:58:10 -0800

Sadly, I also realize now that my mother also went to NYU, and talked about how she walked around Washington Square and heard Bob Dylan playing before he got big. I got a dude playing with tiny ninjas. So it goes.

By: i less than three nsima

i less than three nsima — Tue, 12 Jun 2007 09:27:28 -0800

Does anyone know where I can buy 3 mm long roses in the DC area?

By: zap rowsdower

zap rowsdower — Tue, 12 Jun 2007 10:53:30 -0800

Caught this when it was in NYC a few years ago. Definitely worth viewing in person, and I'm curious to see how it works via webcast. A shame I'm out of town this week.

By: Greg Nog

Greg Nog — Tue, 12 Jun 2007 12:57:44 -0800

Oh my goodness gracious, I would love to see this.

By: bardic

bardic — Tue, 12 Jun 2007 14:23:26 -0800

Wow, this is still around? Good for him.

By: redbeard

redbeard — Tue, 12 Jun 2007 14:55:26 -0800

I saw this years ago, and it was indeed phenomenal. If you are in DC, go see it! It's amazing!

By: pantsrobot

pantsrobot — Tue, 12 Jun 2007 16:04:48 -0800

Could anyone watch the webcast? I tried and it keeps telling me to "Tune back at 6:00"