The long-awaited completion of our adaptation of Wagner’s Ring Cycle is finally here!
Over two years in the making, The Ring Cycle (Parts 1-4) is truly an epic adventure. Don’t miss the show The Village Voice calls “Golden fun – from an ensemble that goes all the way to the mat.”
More great press for The Ring Cycle! Julia Furlan writes for WNYC Culture:
“If a show in Bushwick celebrating the camp and desolation of Reagan’s 1980′s by way of Wagner sounds like a hipster mashup worthy of ironic T-shirts, think again. Performance Lab 115′s production of “The Ring Cycle (Parts 1 and 2)” uses ’80′s wrestling as the lightning rod through which to channel the epic deities of Wagner’s “Ring” cycle with a sense of unadulterated fun.” Read the full article »
Only 3 performances left — this Thursday, Friday and Saturday — 8PM at The Bushwick Starr.
Woton, leader of the gods, took some time out of his busy day to tell us about what’s been going on since The Ring Cycle (Pt. 1) rocked the stage at undergroundzero 2010, and get you psyched for Part 2:
Only 3 performances left! The Ring Cycle (Part 1+2) plays through this Saturday, October 30 only — at The Bushwick Starr. Don’t miss it.
Check out today’s New York Times for their take on PL115′s Ring Cycle (through October 30 at The Bushwick Starr).
I’ll give you a hint… it’s awesome:
“This cheeky adaptation, by Dave Dalton, Jeremy Beck and the company, addresses Wagner’s agenda with remarkable sensitivity and insight.
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The final scene, in which Wotan condemns his beloved daughter, the brassy tomboy Brünnhilde (Sara Buffamanti), transcends cheeky parody to achieve a genuinely haunting potency.”
“Dipping from two pools of unlikely source material, The Ring Cycle (Part 1 and 2) gets it right, and like a deep fried snickers bar, it is unexpectedly delicious.”