- 1. Macbeth Without Words
Who needs all that pesky poetry? Here, Shakespeare plays out with stage fights, dance, and comic-book choreography.
- 2. Compression of a Casualty & Fox(y) Friends
Two satires take aim at CNN and Fox News using actual transcripts from broadcasts, live video, and projected images.
- 3. Every Play Ever Written
Robert Honeywell’s comedic tour of the history of theater, from primitive to present (and beyond).
Deep Thoughts
Highlights from the Brick Theater’s Pretentious Festival, a good-natured send-up of oblique and experimental Off–Off Broadway fare.
Pretentious Festival
Through July 1; $10; call
212-352-3101 for tickets and information.
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