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I recommend seeing this play. I thoroughly enjoyed the dark comedic moments in this tragic play about a homeless puerto rican woman who convinces two other homeless dwellers to steal her boyfriend's dead body out of a prison yard. The intro of this piece is a monologue by a policeman who is concise and dramatic in his exasperation of the homeless and city life in general. He also instructs the audience to turn off their cellphones before his monologue begins which is funny and sets up the intimacy and the bent humor of this production. Magnetic performances, superb sound affects and stage design complete the vibe. The setting of Tompkins Square Park in the early 1990s is full on. Frank Sinatra's "Strangers in The Night" becomes the ironic title song.
The tension between Anita, the lead role, and Flea, another homeless New Yorker is dynamic and witty. Anita is at her funniest when she is obsessing about shoulder pads, cashmere and curses and when she attempts to hex Flea with a boy doll, sticks and pins. Antigone in New York is playing until January 12th in The Elizabeth Theatre which is above the Park Bar in the Fox town district in Detroit. The last two shows are on the 11th and on the 12th at 7:30pm. To the right of the theatre is a bar which can craft a cocktail for you.
